Sentences with phrase «regional water balance»
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Climatic water balance and regional fire years in the Pacific Northwest, USA: linking regional climate and fire at landscape scales [chapter].
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Forest impoverishment due to such fires may increase dramatically when severe droughts provoke forest leaf - shedding and greater flammability; our regional water - balance model indicates that an estimated 270,000 km2 of forest became vulnerable to fire in the 1998 dry season.
If the Arctic Ocean becomes ice - free in the summer, it would not affect sea level because the ice is already in the water, but it would alter the regional heat balance.
Changes in vegetation cover affect surface energy and water balances at the regional scale, from boreal to tropical forests.
The impact of land use change on the energy and water balance may be very significant for climate at regional scales over time periods of decades or longer.