Observational evidence for cloud cover enhancement over western European forests

Forests impact continental-scale moisture recycling, but their impact on regional-scale cloud cover is little known. Here, using satellite observations, Teulinget al. illustrate enhanced cloud cover over regional forested areas in western Europe due to the establishment of a forest-breeze circulatio...

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Main Authors: Adriaan J. Teuling, Christopher M. Taylor, Jan Fokke Meirink, Lieke A. Melsen, Diego G. Miralles, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, Robert Vautard, Annemiek I. Stegehuis, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14065