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The Importance of Land Use/Land Practices On Climate – A Perspective From Jon Foley

In 2007, I posted Presentation On Global Change and Climate Change By Jon Foley At The April 4-6, 2007 NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Meeting From his website Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at … Continue reading

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The Importance Of Land Use/Land Cover As A First Order Climate Forcing

In answer to a question I was e-mailed on the importance of land use/land cover change on climate, I am presenting today excerpts from a NASA article of several yeard ago titled Deep Freeze and Sea Breeze: Changing Land and … Continue reading

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“Understanding The Impact Of Dam-Triggered Land Use/Land Cover Change On The Modification Of Extreme Precipitation” By Woldemichael Et Al 2012

We have a new paper accepted (in press) on the role of landscape processes on climate. It is Woldemichael, A. T., F. Hossain, R. Pielke Sr., and A. Beltrán-Przekurat (2012), Understanding the impact of dam-triggered land use/land cover change on … Continue reading

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Seminar Announcement “Impacts of Forests And Land Use On Chemistry-Climate Interactions” By Nadine Unger

There is an interesting seminar next this week. The topic provides another example of the complexity of the climate system as affected by human activity. I have reproduced the seminar announcement below. The url version of it can be downloaded … Continue reading

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Our Paper “Land Use/Land Cover Changes And Climate: Modeling Analysis And Observational Evidence” Has Been Officially Published

Our paper Pielke Sr, R. A., Pitman, A., Niyogi, D., Mahmood, R., McAlpine, C., Hossain, F., Goldewijk, K. K., Nair, U., Betts, R., Fall, S., Reichstein, M., Kabat, P. and de Noblet, N. (2011), Land use/land cover changes and climate: … Continue reading

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New Paper “Land Use/Land Cover Changes And Climate: Modeling Analysis And Observational Evidence” By Pielke Sr Et Al 2011

We have a new paper that has been accepted for publication, that summarizes the current understanding of the role of land use/land cover changes on the climate system, as well as proposes approaches to further advance our understanding. The paper … Continue reading

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Invitation To Submit An Abstract To “Impact of Land Use/Cover and Aerosol Changes on Mountain Weather and Climate” At The Fall AGU meeting (December 5-9, 2011

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session GC53 entitled  “Impact of Land Use/Cover and Aerosol Changes on Mountain Weather and Climate” at the Fall AGU meeting (December 5-9, 2011) in San Francisco.  For abstract submissions (Deadline: 4th August 2011), … Continue reading

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New Paper “Land Use/Land Cover Changes And Climate: Modeling Analysis And Observational Evidence”

We have submitted a new (invited) paper that summarizes the current understanding of land use/land cover change on the climate system. The paper is currently under review. Readers who see important papers on this topic that we have inadvertantly left … Continue reading

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Excellent Presentation Of Land Use/Land Cover Effects On Climate By Dev Niyogi Of Purdue

There is an excellent powerpoint presentation by Dev Niyogi of Purdue University at the 15th Annual LCLUC Science Team Meeting, March 28-30th 2011 at the University of Maryland. It is The Impacts of LCLUC Change: Energy Balance and Climate The question he poses … Continue reading

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New Paper “A Dampened Land Use Change Climate Response Towards The Tropics” By Van Der Molen Et Al 2011

There is a new paper that further examines the role of land use change on the climate. It is M.K. van der Molen, B.J.J.M. van den Hurk and W. Hazeleger (2011): A dampened land use change climate response towards the … Continue reading

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