Historical land-cover change impacts on climate: Comparative assessment of LUCID and CMIP5 multimodel experiments

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1439-1459

  Lejeune, Quentin ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a   Davin, Edouard L ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Atmosphere land interaction; Biosphere atmosphere interaction; General circulation models; In situ atmospheric observations; Land surface model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE MODELING; SITU ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER;

EID: 85012273924     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0213.1     Document Type: Article

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