Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback [electronic resource] / Walter Vergara and Sebastian Scholz.
By: Vergara, Walter
Contributor(s): Scholz, Sebastian M
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TextSeries: World Bank e-Library: ; World Bank study: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2011Description: xiv, 95 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780821386217; 9780821386224 (e-ISBN)Subject(s): Climatic changes -- Amazon River Region -- Forecasting -- Computer simulation | Deforestation -- Amazon River Region -- Computer simulation | Forest biomass -- Carbon content -- Amazon River Region -- Computer simulation | Forest microclimatology -- Amazon River Region -- Computer simulation | Rain forest plants -- Climatic factors -- Amazon River Region -- Computer simulationAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 333.75/1409811 LOC classification: SD390.6.A48 | V47 2011Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-95).
Modeling future climate in the Amazon using the Earth Simulator -- Assessment of future rainfall over the Amazon basin -- Analysis of Amazon forest response to climate change -- Interplay of climate impacts and deforestation in the Amazon.
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