How does local tropical deforestation affect rainfall?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Garcia Carreras, L ^a   Parker, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HEAT FLUX; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

FLUX GRADIENTS; HETEROGENEOUS LAND SURFACES; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; MESOSCALE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SURFACE ANOMALIES; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE VARIABILITY; TOTAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

RAIN;

DEFORESTATION; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WARMING;

DEFORESTATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANTS; RAIN; SIMULATION;

EID: 80053962314     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049099     Document Type: Article

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