Land cover change effects on the climate of the La Plata basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-102

  Lee, Seung Jae ^a   Berbery, Ernesto Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Land surface; Mesoscale processes; Regional models; South america

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 84863379639     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-021.1     Document Type: Article

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