Detecting deforestation impacts in Southern Amazonia rainfall using rain gauges

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2889-2900

  Debortoli, Nathan S ^a,b,c   Dubreuil, Vincent ^b   Hirota, Marina ^c,d   Filho, Saulo Rodrigues ^a   Lindoso, Diego P ^a   Nabucet, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; buffer zones; Cerrado; correlation; deforestation; LANDSAT5; rain gauge; rainfall

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; GAGES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA; BUFFER ZONES; CERRADO; LANDSAT-5; RAIN GAUGES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REAL TIME; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84990963115     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4886     Document Type: Article

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