Climate response to Amazon forest replacement by heterogeneous crop cover
Previous modeling studies with atmospheric general circulation models and basic land surface schemes to balance energy and water budgets have shown that by removing the natural vegetation over the Amazon, the region's climate becomes warmer and drier. In this study we use a fully coupled Earth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/4547/2015/hess-19-4547-2015.pdf |