Articles | Volume 23, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4171-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4171-2019
Review article
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17 Oct 2019
Review article |  | 17 Oct 2019

Land–atmosphere interactions in the tropics – a review

Pierre Gentine, Adam Massmann, Benjamin R. Lintner, Sayed Hamed Alemohammad, Rong Fu, Julia K. Green, Daniel Kennedy, and Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

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Land–atmosphere interactions are key for the exchange of water, energy, and carbon dioxide, especially in the tropics. We here review some of the recent findings on land–atmosphere interactions in the tropics and where we see potential challenges and paths forward.