Causes of long-term drought in the U.S. Great Plains

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-503

  Schubert, Siegfried D ^a   Suarez, Max J ^a   Pegion, Philip J ^a,b   Koster, Randal D ^a   Bacmeister, Julio T ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

MULTIYEAR DROUGHTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642347938     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0485:COLDIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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