Atlantic and Pacific SST influences of medieval drought in North America simulated by the Community Atmospheric Model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Feng, Song ^a   Oglesby, Robert J ^a,b   Rowe, Clinton M ^b   Loope, David B ^b   Hu, Qi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; MEDIEVAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 53149147465     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009347     Document Type: Article

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