The influence of inter-annually varying albedo on regional climate and drought

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 787-803

  Meng, X H ^a,b   Evans, J P ^a   McCabe, M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Chinese Academy of Science ^*  (China)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Albedo; Australia; Drought; Land atmosphere feedback; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895001972     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1790-0     Document Type: Article

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