Tropical deforestation: Modeling local- to regional-scale climate change

Journal Article · Tue Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/92JD02830· OSTI ID:6292769

Henderson-Sellers, A; Durbidge, T B; Pitman, A J ^[1]; Dickinson, R E ^[2]; Kennedy, P J ^[3]; McGuffie, K ^[4]

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1. Macquarie Univ., North Ryde (Australia)
2. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson (United States)
3. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
4. Univ. of Technology, Sydney (Australia)

The authors report results from a model study using the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model (Version 1) general circulation model to assess the impact of regional scale deforestation on climate change. In the model a large parcel in the Amazon basin is changed from tropical rain forest to scrub grassland. Impacts can include adding CO[sub 2] to the atmosphere by biomass burning, increasing surface albedo, changing precipitation and evaporation rates, impacting soil moisture, and general weather patterns. They compare their model results with earlier work which has looked at this same problem.

• OSTI ID: 6292769
• Journal Information: Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States), Vol. 98:D4; ISSN 0148-0227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DEFORESTATION
CLIMATIC CHANGE
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS
TROPICAL REGIONS
ALBEDO
BIOMASS
CARBON DIOXIDE
EVAPORATION
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
GREENHOUSE GASES
PRECIPITATION
RAIN
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ENERGY SOURCES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
540210* - Environment
Terrestrial- Basic Studies- (1990-)
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