Influence of Land-Surface Evapotranspiration on the Earth's Climate
- 19 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 215 (4539) , 1498-1501
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4539.1498
Abstract
Calculations with a numerical model of the atmosphere show that the global fields of rainfall, temperature, and motion strongly depend on the land-surface evapotranspiration. This confirms the long-held idea that the surface vegetation, which produces the evapotransporation, is an important factor in the earth's climate.Keywords
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