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Influence of land-surface evapotranspiration on the earth's climateLand-surface evapotranspiration is shown to strongly influence global fields of rainfall, temperature and motion by calculations using a numerical model of the atmosphere, confirming the general belief in the importance of evapotranspiration-producing surface vegetation for the earth's climate. The current version of the Goddard Laboratory atmospheric general circulation model is used in the present experiment, in which conservation equations for mass, momentum, moisture and energy are expressed in finite-difference form for a spherical grid to calculate (1) surface pressure field evolution, and (2) the wind, temperature, and water vapor fields at nine levels between the surface and a 20 km height.
Document ID
19820041628
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Shukla, J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mintz, Y.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt; Maryland, University, College Park, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
March 19, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 215
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
82A25163
Distribution Limits
Public
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