Original Research Papers

An overview of regional land-use and land-cover impacts on rainfall

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Abstract

This paper documents the diverse role of land-use/land-cover change on precipitation. Since land conversion continues at a rapid pace, this type of human disturbance of the climate system will continue and become even more significant in the coming decades.

  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 3
  • Page/Article: 587–601
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00251.x
  • Submitted on 22 Feb 2006
  • Accepted on 26 Oct 2006
  • Published on 1 Jan 2007
  • Peer Reviewed