Albedo enhancement over land to counteract global warming: Impacts on hydrological cycle

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1527-1542

  Bala, Govindasamy ^a   Nag, Bappaditya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84866356860     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1256-1     Document Type: Article

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