Vegetation feedbacks to climate in the global monsoon regions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5740-5756

  Notaro, Michael ^a   Chen, Guangshan ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Feedback; Land surface; Moisture moisture budget; Monsoons; Temperature; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; COUPLED MODELS; FULLY-COUPLED; INITIAL VALUES; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; MONSOON SEASON; MONSOONS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SENSIBLE HEAT; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL MONSOON; TURBULENT FLUX; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION FEEDBACKS; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVERGENCE; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 83755183446     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4237.1     Document Type: Article

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