Prolonged dry episodes over the conterminous United States: New tendencies emerging during the last 40 years

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1850-1862

  Groisman, Pavel Ya ^a   Knight, Richard W ^b  

^a UCAR   (United States)

^b STG Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; DRYING; ECOLOGY; LEAD; MICROFLUIDICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSPIRATION;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); EXTREME EVENTS; GENERAL (CO); INTENSE (CO); INTENSE PRECIPITATION; NEW TENDENCIES; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RAIN EVENTS; RETURN PERIOD; SEASONAL RAINFALL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION PERIODS; WARM SEASONS; WET PERIODS;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TRANSPIRATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249117495     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2013.1     Document Type: Article

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