Empirical analysis of the influence of forest extent on annual and seasonal surface temperatures for the continental United States

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-629

  Wickham, James D ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Land cover; MODIS; NLCD; Scale; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; MODIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876322552     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12013     Document Type: Article

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