Global and Regional Impacts of Vegetation on the Hydrological Cycle and Energy Budget as Represented by the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM3)

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Zhongfeng, Xu ^a,b   Gang, Zeng ^b   Congbin, Fu ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

energy budget; hydrological cycle; regional climate; seasonal variation; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COOLING; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZONIA; ASIA;

EID: 80052254612     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446787     Document Type: Article

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