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Safa Motesharrei

University of Maryland, College ParkORCID

Also Known As

Mote, Safa, Motesharrei, Safa, Safa Mote, Safa Motesharrei

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University of Maryland, College ParkNational Socio-Environmental Synthesis CenterPeking UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityInstitute of Global Environment and Society
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About

Safa Motesharrei is an author at University of Maryland, College Park specializing in engineering, climatology, and geography.

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Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on satellite observations

Yan Li, Maosheng Zhao, Safa Motesharrei,

Nature Communications

2015

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Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies

Safa Motesharrei, Jorge Rivas, Eugenia Kalnay

Ecological Economics

2014

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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Global NDVI Trends: Correlations with Climate and Human Factors

Ya Liu, Yan Li, Shuangcheng Li,

Remote Sensing

2015

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Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation

Yan Li, Eugenia Kalnay, Safa Motesharrei,

Science

2018

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Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems

Safa Motesharrei, Jorge Rivas, Eugenia Kalnay,

National Science Review

2016

211

Potential and Actual impacts of deforestation and afforestation on land surface temperature

Yan Li, Maosheng Zhao, David J. Mildrexler,

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

2016

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The role of spatial scale and background climate in the latitudinal temperature response to deforestation

Yan Li, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Édouard L. Davin,

Earth System Dynamics

2016

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Inconsistent estimates of forest cover change in China between 2000 and 2013 from multiple datasets: differences in parameters, spatial resolution, and definitions

Yan Li, Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Safa Motesharrei,

Scientific Reports

2017

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Local Atmosphere–Ocean Predictability: Dynamical Origins, Lead Times, and Seasonality

Eviatar Bach, Safa Motesharrei, Eugenia Kalnay,

Journal of Climate

2019

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Causality Analysis: Identifying the Leading Element in a Coupled Dynamical System

Amir E. BozorgMagham, Safa Motesharrei, Stephen G. Penny,

PLoS ONE

2015

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