Land cover change drives climate extremes and aridity in non-Amazonian South America

Alvaro Salazar1, Joshua Larsen2, Clive A Mcalpine1, Josef Syktus1 and Jack Katzfey3, (1)University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, (3)CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere Flagship, Melbourne, Australia