Atmospheric circulation anomalies during two persistent north american droughts: 1932-1939 and 1948-1957

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2339-2355

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

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

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

Author keywords

Drought; Dust Bowl; Dynamics; Great Plains

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DROUGHT; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PRESSURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

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

EID: 79957795942     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0807-1     Document Type: Article

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