Impact of global warming on the geobotanic zones: An experiment with a statistical-dynamical climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2021-2034

  Franchito, Sergio H ^a   Brahmananda Rao, V ^a   Moraes, E C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geobotanic zones distribution; Global warming; Interaction between the atmosphere and vegetation; Statistical dynamical model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOTANY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80355147448     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0952-6     Document Type: Article

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