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17 Oct 2019
Review article |
| 17 Oct 2019
| 17 Oct 2019
Land–atmosphere interactions in the tropics – a review
Pierre Gentine
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Adam Massmann
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Benjamin R. Lintner
Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Sayed Hamed Alemohammad
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Rong Fu
Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Julia K. Green
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Daniel Kennedy
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano
Meteorology and Air Quality Group,
Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Land–atmosphere interactions are key for the exchange of water, energy, and carbon dioxide, especially in the tropics. We here review some of the recent findings on land–atmosphere interactions in the tropics and where we see potential challenges and paths forward.
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