Evidence that deforestation affects the onset of the rainy season in Rondonia, Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Butt, Nathalie ^a,b   De Oliveira, Paula Afonso ^b   Costa, Marcos Heil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; RAIN; TIME SERIES;

DAILY RAINFALL; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MODELING STUDIES; NON-PARAMETRIC; RAINY SEASONS; T-TESTS; TREND ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIGNAL; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA;

EID: 79959609909     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015174     Document Type: Article

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