@Article{SalatiNobr:1991:PoClIm,
               author = "Salati, Eneas and Nobre, Carlos Afonso",
          affiliation = "INPE,CTR previsao tempo estudos climaticos,BR-12201 Sao Jose dos 
                         Campos,Brazil",
                title = "Possible Climatic impacts of tropical deforestation",
              journal = "Climatic Change",
                 year = "1991",
               volume = "19",
               number = "1-2",
                pages = "177--196",
                month = "Sep.",
             keywords = "amazon basin, rainforest, forest.",
             abstract = "Large-scale conversion of tropical forests into pastures or annual 
                         crops will likely lead to changes in the local microclimate of 
                         those regions. Larger diurnal fluctuations of surface temperature 
                         and humidity deficit, increased surface runoff during rainy 
                         periods and decreased runoff during the dry season, and decreased 
                         soil moistrue are to be expected. It is likely that 
                         evapotranspiration will be reduced because of less available 
                         radiative energy at the canopy level since grass presents a higher 
                         albedo than forests, also because of the reduced availability of 
                         soil moisture at the rooting zone primarily during the dry season. 
                         Recent results from general circulation model (GCM) simulations of 
                         Amazonian deforestation seem to suggest that the equilibrium 
                         climate for a grassy vegetation in Amazonia would be one in which 
                         regional precipitation would be significantly reduced. Global 
                         climate changes probably will occur if there is a marked change in 
                         rainfall patterns in tropical forest regions as a result of 
                         deforestation. Besides that, biomass burning of tropical forests 
                         is likely adding CO2 into the atmosphere, thus contributing to the 
                         enhanced greenhouse warming.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "0165-0009",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "BF00142225.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "20 maio 2024"
}