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Drought in the Sahara - A biogeophysical feedback mechanismTwo integrations of a global general circulation model, differing only in the prescribed surface albedo in the Sahara, show that an increase in albedo resulting from a decrease in plant cover causes a decrease in rainfall. Thus any tendency for plant cover to decrease would be reinforced by a decrease in rainfall, and could initiate or perpetuate a drought.
Document ID
19750036449
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Charney, J.
Stone, P. H. (MIT Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Quirk, W. J. (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, N.Y., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
February 7, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 187
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
75A20521
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-22-009-727
Distribution Limits
Public
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