Mid-latitude afforestation shifts general circulation and tropical precipitation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 712-716

  Swann, Abigail L S ^a,b   Fung, Inez Y ^b   Chiang, John C H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoclimate; Ecosystem climate interactions; Energy budget; Land cover change; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ABSORPTION; AIR MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84856396234     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116706108     Document Type: Article

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