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Title: The Response to Deforestation and Desertification in a Model of West African Monsoons.

Authors: Zheng, X. Y., and E. A. B. Eltahir.

Citation: Zheng, X. Y., and E. A. B. Eltahir. 1997. The Response to Deforestation and Desertification in a Model of West African Monsoons. Geophysical Research Letters 24, no. 2: 155-58.

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