Biomass burning, land-cover change, and the hydrological cycle in Northern sub-Saharan Africa

Biomass burning, land-cover change, and the hydrological cycle in Northern sub-Saharan Africa

The Northern Sub-Saharan African (NSSA) region, which accounts for 20%–25% of the global carbon emissions from biomass burning, also suffers from frequent drought episodes and other disruptions to the hydrological cycle whose adverse societal impacts have been widely reported during the last several...

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Main Authors: Charles Ichoku, Luke T Ellison, K Elena Willmot, Toshihisa Matsui, Amin K Dezfuli, Charles K Gatebe, Jun Wang, Eric M Wilcox, Jejung Lee, Jimmy Adegoke, Churchill Okonkwo, John Bolten, Frederick S Policelli, Shahid Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
sub-Saharan Africa
biomass burning
water cycle
land cover change
precipitation
fire
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/095005

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