Ocean-atmosphere influences on low-frequency warm-season drought variability in the gulf coast and southeastern United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1177-1186

  Ortegren, Jason T ^a   Knapp, Paul A ^b   Maxwell, Justin T ^b   Tyminski, William P ^b   Soulé, Peter T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Drought; Ocean circulation; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE INDEX; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; GULF COAST; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; OUT OF PHASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOISTURE FLUX; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960213903     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2566.1     Document Type: Article

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