Potential impact of land use change on future regional climate in the Southeastern U.S.: Reforestation and crop land conversion

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11,577-11,588

  Trail, M ^a   Tsimpidi, A P ^a   Liu, P ^a   Tsigaridis, K ^b,c   Hu, Y ^a   Nenes, A ^a,d   Stone, B ^d   Russell, A G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; land use; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NASA; REFORESTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SENSITIVITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REFORESTATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888149696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020356     Document Type: Article

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