Climatic influences on Midwest drought during the twentieth century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-531

  White, Warren B ^a   Gershunov, Alexander ^a   Annis, Jefferey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERDECADAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

DROUGHT;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849100538     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1465.1     Document Type: Article

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