Impacts of land use and land cover change on regional climate: A case study in the agro-pastoral transitional zone of China

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Cao, Qian ^a   Yu, Deyong ^a   Georgescu, Matei ^b   Han, Zhe ^c   Wu, Jianguo ^a,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agro pastoral transitional zone; climate change; land surface biophysical parameter; land use and land cover change; landscape pattern; mitigation and adaptation strategy

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; LAND USE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA;

EID: 84952883851     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124025     Document Type: Article

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