Influence of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on atmospheric dynamics over the arid region of Rajasthan state, India

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-101

  Kharol, Shailesh Kumar ^a,b   Kaskaoutis, D G ^c   Badarinath, K V S ^a   Sharma, Anu Rani ^d   Singh, R P ^e  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric fluxes; India; Land use land cover (LULC) changes; Precipitation; Rajasthan; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; IRS (SATELLITE); LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84867342387     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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