The influence of land cover change in the Asian monsoon region on present-day and mid-Holocene climate

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1499-1519

  Dallmeyer, A ^a   Claussen, M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; LAND COVER; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TELECONNECTION;

ASIA;

EID: 79958830538     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1499-2011     Document Type: Article

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