Potential impacts of forestation on future climate change in Southern Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 4560-4576

  Naik, Myra ^a   Abiodun, Babatunde J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

climate change; drought; forestation; regional climate; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

BUSH ENCROACHMENT; DYNAMIC FEEDBACK; EMISSION SCENARIO; FORESTATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84975783951     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4652     Document Type: Article

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