Potential negative effects of groundwater dynamics on dry season convection in the Amazon River basin

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 1001-1013

  Lin, Yen Heng ^a   Lo, Min Hui ^a   Chou, Chia ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amazon River basin; Groundwater; Moist static energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY SEASON; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84957428432     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2628-8     Document Type: Article

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