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B. Additional Resources

 

Possible climatic impacts of amazonia deforestation
Authors: Nobre, Carlos A.
Source: Water Management of the Amazon Basin, (245-260)
Editors: Braga, Benedite P. F., Jr., and Fernandez-Jauregui, Carlos A.
Date: August 1991

Water and salt balances of the Bolivian Amazon
Authors: Roche, M. A., et al.
Source: Water Management of the Amazon Basin, (83-94)
Editors: Braga, Benedite P. F., Jr., and Fernandez-Jauregui, Carlos A.
Date: August 1991

A GCM simulation of the impact of Amazonian deforestation on climate using an improved capony representation
Authors: Lean, J. and Rowntree, P. R.
Source: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 119 pp 509-530
Date: 1993

Precipitation recycling in the Amazon basin
Authors: Eltahir, E. A. B. and Bras, R. L.
Source: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 120 P861-880
Date: 1994

 

 

Diurnal variability of tropical rainfall retrieved from combined GOES and TRMM satellite information
Authors:  Sorooshian-S.; Gao-X.; Hsu-K.; Maddox-R.A.; Hong-Y.; Gupta-H.V.; Imam-B.
Source:  Journal-of-Climate. 15(9): 983-1001
Date: May 1, 2002

EOS - Amazon Hydrological Models
Author: Greenberg, Harvery
Source: EOS Amazon Project at the University of Washington

Water and salt balances of the Bolivian Amazon
Authors: Roche, M. A., et al
Source: Water Management of the Amazon Basin, (83-94)
Editors: Braga, Benedite P. F., Jr., and Fernandez-Jauregui, Carlos A.
Date: August 1991

Shaw, Robinson, 1999, Sea surface temperatures impact weather in Amazon basin, http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/12/122499/sstamazon_8414.asp.

Offl-line simulation of the Amazon water balance: a sensitivity study with implications for GSWP
Authors: Chapelon, N., Douville, H., Kosuth, P., Oki, T.
Source: Climate Dynamics 19: 141-154
Date:
March 2, 2002

Trends in the hydrologic cycle of the Amazon Basin
Authors: Costa, Marcos Heil and Foley, Jonathan A.
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104 No. D12, P14,189-14,198
Date:
June 27, 1999

Seasonal cycle and interannual variability in the Amazon hydrologic cycle
Author: Zeng, Ning
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 104  No. D8, P9097-9106
Date: April 27, 1999

Calculations of river-runoff in the GSS GCM: impact of a new land-surface parameterization and runoff routing model on the hydrology of the Amazon River
Authors: Marengo, J. A.; Miller, J. R.; Russell, G. L., Rosenzweig, C. E.; and Abramopoulos, F.
Source: Climate Dynamics Vol 10, P349-361
Date: 19994

 

Effects of flow on the fish communities of a regulated California river: implications for managing native fishes
Authors: Brown, Larry R. and Ford, Tim
Source: River Research and Applications
Date: May 15, 2002

Energy Matters
Team 20331
Thinkquest
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Hydroelectric Power
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Is a micro-hydroelectric system feasible for you?
U.S. Department of Energy
Date: September 2001

The hydroelectric power option in Brazil environmental, technological, and economic aspects
World Energy Council

 

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