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Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport...

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Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America

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Full title

Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Climate dynamics, 2020-05, Vol.54 (9-10), p.4169-4189

Language

English

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Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The water cycle over the Amazon basin is a regulatory mechanism for regional and global climate. The atmospheric moisture evaporated from this basin represents an important source of humidity for itself and for other remote regions. The deforestation rates that this basin has experienced in the past decades have implications for regional atmospheri...

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Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2406786510

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2406786510

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ISSN

0930-7575

E-ISSN

1432-0894

DOI

10.1007/s00382-020-05223-4

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