Climate Impacts of Deforestation/Land-Use Changes in Central South America in the PRECIS Regional Climate Model: Mean Precipitation and Temperature Response to Present and Future Deforestation Scenarios

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CRU fields (left column) and CONTROL-EC4 (center column) seasonal precipitation, given as precipitation rate (mm day⁻¹) for (a) summer (DJF), (b) autumn (MAM), (c) winter (JJA) and (d) spring (SON). The bias, that is, CONTROL-EC4 minus CRU, is shown in the right column.

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