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Science 19 March 1982:
Vol. 215. no. 4539, pp. 1498 - 1501
DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4539.1498
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Influence of Land-Surface Evapotranspiration on the Earth's Climate

J. SHUKLA 1 and Y. MINTZ 2

1 Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
2 Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park 20771

Calculations with a numerical model of the atmosphere show that the global fields of rainfall, temperature, and motion strongly depend on the land- surface evapotranspiration. This confirms the long-held idea that the surface vegetation, which produces the evapotransporation, is an important factor in the earth's climate.

Submitted on December 2, 1981


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