Projections of future meteorological drought and wet periods in the Amazon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13172-13177

  Duffy, Philip B ^a,b   Brando, Paulo ^a,b,c   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Field, Christopher B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Climate; CMIP5; Drought; Precipitation extremes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET PERIOD; BRAZIL; DROUGHT; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; DROUGHTS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84945534936     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421010112     Document Type: Article

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