Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 929-953

  Mahmood, Rezaul ^a   Pielke, Roger A ^b   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^c   Niyogi, Dev ^d   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^e   Mcalpine, Clive ^f   Carleton, Andrew M ^g   Hale, Robert ^h   Gameda, Samuel ⁱ   Beltrán Przekurat, Adriana ^j   Baker, Bruce ^k   Mcnider, Richard ^l   Legates, David R ^m   Shepherd, Marshall ⁿ   Du, Jinyang ^o   Blanken, Peter D ^b   Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^p   Nair, U S ^l   Fall, Souleymane ^q  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^j Deere and Company   (United States)

^k NOAA/ARL/ATDD   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^o BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biogeophysical impacts; Climate; Land cover change

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOPHYSICAL IMPACTS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATIC IMPACT; CLOUD COVER; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; TELECONNECTIONS;

DEFORESTATION; REFORESTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; GEOPHYSICS; HUMIDITY; LAND COVER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84900587683     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3736     Document Type: Article

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