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An overview of regional land-use and land-cover impacts on rainfall

R. A. Pielke Sr.CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO80309, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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J. AdegokeLaboratory for Climate Analysis & Modeling (LCAM), Department of Geosciences, 420K Robert H. Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Miissouri64110-2499, USA
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A. BeltraáN-PrzekuratCIRA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO80523, USA
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C. A. HiemstraCIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO80309, USA
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J. LinDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1
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U. S. NairEarth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Dr, Huntsville, Alabama35805, USA
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D. NiyogiPurdue University, Department of Agronomy, and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana47907-2054, USA
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T. E. NobisCIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO80309, USA
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Pages 587-601 | Received 22 Feb 2006, Accepted 26 Oct 2006, Published online: 18 Jan 2017
 
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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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