On the influence of shrub height and expansion on northern high latitude climate

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bonfils, C J W ^a   Phillips, T J ^a   Lawrence, D M ^b   Cameron Smith, P ^a   Riley, W J ^c   Subin, Z M ^c,d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; climate change; greening; land atmosphere interactions; shrub

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857969800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/015503     Document Type: Article

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