Climate engineering of vegetated land for hot extremes mitigation: An Earth system model sensitivity study

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2612-2623

  Wilhelm, Micah ^a   Davin, Edouard L ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH STRUCTURE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84928625611     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022293     Document Type: Article

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