Title: Simulation of the regional climatic impact of Amazon deforestation.
Authors: Lean, J.; Warrilow, D.A.
Abstract: Reports results from a three-year simulation, using a general circulation model, in which Amazon tropical forest and savannah were replaced with pasture. Experiment descriptions; Compares the control simulation with rainfall spatial distribution; Summarizes the effect of deforestation on local climate for a variety of surface variables.
Subjects: AMAZON River Region; RAIN forest ecology
Publication: Nature, 1989, Vol 342, Issue 6248, p411
ISSN: 0028-0836
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/342411a0

Simulation of the regional climatic impact of Amazon deforestation.

Lean, J.; Warrilow, D.A.