An overview of regional land-use and land-cover impacts on rainfall
R. A. PielkeCIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USAJimmy AdegokeLaboratory for Climate Analysis & Modeling (LCAM), Department of Geosciences, 420K Robert H. Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Miissouri 64110-2499, USAAdriana Beltrán‐PrzekuratCIRA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USAC. A. HiemstraCIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USAJimmy LinDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1U. S. NairEarth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Dr, Huntsville, Alabama 35805, USADev NiyogiPurdue University, Department of Agronomy, and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054, USAT. E. NobisCIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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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.
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