Land surface response to climate change forcing over Southern Africa

The land surface is important to the climate system for the exchanges of moisture, momentum and heat. Momentum, radiation, and sensible and latent heat fluxes between the atmosphere and the surface will likely affect atmospheric dynamics, temperature, precipitation and humidity fields (Sato et ai.,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shannon, Debbie Anne
Other Authors: Foley, Jon
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5286