Open AccessUncertainty in deforestation's effects on Amazonian climate
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo490014
Subject(s) - deforestation (computer science) , amazon rainforest , amazonian , rainforest , climate change , atmosphere (unit) , geography , environmental science , natural resource economics , agroforestry , ecology , economics , meteorology , computer science , biology , programming language
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is expected to cause the temperature in the region to rise and rainfall patterns to shift. Exactly how and how much the regional climate will change in the face of rampant deforestation, however, is a matter of considerable ongoing investigation. With their research, Lorenz and Pitman add a new piece to the puzzle by showing that the strength of land‐atmosphere coupling in a given model influences how it represents deforestation's effects.