Dynamics of deserts and drought in the S
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J. G. Charney
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Article
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1975
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract It is suggested that the high albedo of a desert contributes to a net radiative heat loss relative to its surroundings and that the resultant horizontal temperature gradients induce a frictionally controlled circulation which imports heat aloft and maintains thermal equilibrium through