Summer aridity in the United States: Response to mid-Holocene changes in insolation and sea surface temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a   Ashfaq, Moetasim ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^b   Williams, John W ^c   Bartlein, Patrick J ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; MID-HOLOCENE INSOLATION FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548598262     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028012     Document Type: Article

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