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Land use change over the Amazon forest and its impact on the local climate [1]

One of the most important anthropogenic influences on climate is land use change (LUC). In particular, the Amazon (AMZ) basin is a highly vulnerable area to climate change due to substantial modifications of the hydroclimatology of the region expected as a result of LUC. However, both the magnitude of these changes and the physical process underlying this scenario are still uncertain. This work aims to analyze the simulated Amazon deforestation and its impacts on local mean climate. We used the Common Land Model (CLM) version 4.5 coupled with the Regional Climate Model (RegCM4) over the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) South America domain.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
03/02/2018
Marta Llopart [3], Michelle Simões Reboita [4], Erika Coppola & et al [5]
Water [6]
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Tags:
Amazon [7], Deforestation [8], Land Use [9], Climate Change [10], Climate Impacts [11], Rainfall Pattern [12]
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[2] http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/2/149/htm
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/marta-llopart
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michelle-sim%C3%B5es-reboita
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/erika-coppola-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern