A model investigation of vegetation-atmosphere interactions on a millennial timescale

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3677-3686

  Devaraju, N ^a   Cao, L ^b   Bala, G ^a   Caldeira, K ^b   Nemani, R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOME; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGROWTH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TIMESCALE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84856383931     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-3677-2011     Document Type: Article

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