Impacts of land-use/land-cover change on afternoon precipitation over North America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2121-2140

  Chen, Liang ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; CAPE; Climate models; Land use; North America; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; CAPE; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NORTH AMERICA; PRECIPITATION RELATIONSHIPS;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014568647     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0589.1     Document Type: Article

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