United States drought of 2007: Historical perspectives

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-104

  Maxwell, Justin T ^a   Soulé, Peter T ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Geopotential height; Historical rank; PDSI; Recurrence interval media

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANOMALY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MITIGATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249223568     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00772     Document Type: Review

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