Modification of land-atmosphere interactions by CO2 effects: Implications for summer dryness and heat wave amplitude

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10,240-10,248

  Lemordant, Léo ^a   Gentine, Pierre ^a,b   Stéfanon, Marc ^c   Drobinski, Philippe ^d,e   Fatichi, Simone ^f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CEA/CNRS/Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines ^*  (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate change; CO2 physiological effects; heat wave; land atmosphere interactions; regional climate model; water cycle

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HEAT WAVES; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WATER CYCLE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; EXTREME EVENT; GROWING SEASON; HEAT WAVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEAF AREA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SUMMER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84990948222     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069896     Document Type: Article

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