TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems
T2 - influence on weather and climate
AU - Pielke, Roger A.
AU - Avissar, Roni
AU - Raupach, Michael
AU - Dolman, A. Johannes
AU - Zeng, Xubin
AU - Denning, A. Scott
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - This paper overviews the short-term (biophysical) and long-term (out to around 100 year timescales; biogeochemical and biogeographical) influences of the land surface on weather and climate. From our review of the literature, the evidence is convincing that terrestrial ecosystem dynamics on these timescales significantly influence atmospheric processes. In studies of past and possible future climate change, terrestrial ecosystem dynamics are as important as changes in atmospheric dynamics and composition, ocean circulation, ice sheet extent, and orbit perturbations.
AB - This paper overviews the short-term (biophysical) and long-term (out to around 100 year timescales; biogeochemical and biogeographical) influences of the land surface on weather and climate. From our review of the literature, the evidence is convincing that terrestrial ecosystem dynamics on these timescales significantly influence atmospheric processes. In studies of past and possible future climate change, terrestrial ecosystem dynamics are as important as changes in atmospheric dynamics and composition, ocean circulation, ice sheet extent, and orbit perturbations.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00176.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00176.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031852321
VL - 4
SP - 461
EP - 475
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
SN - 1354-1013
IS - 5
ER -