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Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Gallimore, R., Notaro, M. and Prentice, I.C. (2006). On the cause of abrupt vegetation collapse in North Africa during the Holocene: Climate variability vs. vegetation feedback. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL028062. issn: 0094-8276. |
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The abrupt desertification over the northern Africa in the mid-Holocene is studied in both a complex and a simple coupled climate-vegetation model. In contrast to the previous mechanism that relies on strong positive vegetation-climate feedback and the resulted multiple equilibria, we propose a new mechanism in which the abrupt desertification is caused by low frequency climate variability, rather than a positive vegetation-climate feedback. The implication of this new mechanism to modelling and observation is also discussed. |
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Keywords
Global Change, Abrupt/rapid climate change (4901, 8408), Atmospheric Processes, Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513), Paleoceanography, Abrupt/rapid climate change |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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