Multiple equilibria on planet Dune: climate–vegetation dynamics on a sandy planet

Fabio Cresto Aleina; Mara Baudena; Fabio D’Andrea; Antonello Provenzale

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.17662

Multiple equilibria on planet Dune: climate–vegetation dynamics on a sandy planet

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Fabio Cresto Aleina, Mara Baudena, Fabio D’Andrea and Antonello Provenzale

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.17662 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 17662 - 17662

Submitted on: Feb 28, 2012

Accepted on: Nov 18, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

climate-vegetation interactions,

multiple stable states,

water cycle,

zero-dimensional models,

evapotranspiration

© 2013 Fabio Cresto Aleina, Mara Baudena, Fabio D’Andrea, Antonello Provenzale, published by Stockholm University Press
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