Systematic Modeling of Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Regional Climate: A Review

There have been tremendous changes in the global land use pattern in the past 50 years, which has directly or indirectly exerted significant influence on the global climate change. Quantitative analysis for the impacts of land use and land cover changes (LUCC) on surface climate is one of the core s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiangzheng Deng, Chunhong Zhao, Haiming Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/317678