Dust and sea surface temperature forcing of the 1930s "Dust Bowl" drought

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Cook, Benjamin I ^a,b   Miller, Ron L ^b   Seager, Richard ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EROSION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); ATMOSPHERIC DUSTS; CONTINENTAL US (CONUS); DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EMISSIONS; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA-SURFACE-TEMPERATURE (SST); SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL PATTERNING; UNITED STATES; WIND EROSIONS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DROUGHT; DUST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249093511     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033486     Document Type: Article

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