Evolution and current state of our understanding of the role played in the climate system by land surface processes in semi-arid regions

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-222

  Nicholson, Sharon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic shifts; Convection; Land surface processes; Land atmosphere interaction; Mineral dust; Patch dynamics; Plant water relationships; Sahel; Self organization; Semi arid regions; Soil moisture; Surface hydrological processes

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BALLOONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; GROUNDWATER; HEAT CONVECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

CATASTROPHIC SHIFTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MINERAL DUST; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT WATER; SAHEL; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SEMI-ARID REGION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DESERTIFICATION; DUST; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND SURFACE; PATCH DYNAMICS; SELF ORGANIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SAHARA;

EID: 84941116600     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.08.010     Document Type: Review

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