How important is vegetation phenology for european climate and heat waves?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 10077-10100

  Lorenz, Ruth ^a,b   Davin, Edouard L ^a   Lawrence, David M ^c   Stö Ckli, Reto ^d   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interaction; Extreme events; Interannual variability; Land surface model; Regional models; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE MODELING; REGIONAL MODEL;

BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHENOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION COVER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84890192788     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00040.1     Document Type: Article

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