Past land use decisions have increased mitigation potential of reforestation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Pongratz, J ^a   Reick, C H ^b   Raddatz, T ^b   Caldeira, K ^a   Claussen, M ^b,c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO EFFECTS; BOREAL REGIONS; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; LAND USE PATTERN; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE DECISIONS; SURFACE ALBEDO;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALBEDO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REFORESTATION;

EID: 79961116951     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047848     Document Type: Article

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