Regional atmospheric anomalies responsible for the 2009-2010 severe drought in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Er ^a,b   Luo, Yali ^a   Zhang, Renhe ^a   Wu, Qiuxia ^a   Liu, Liping ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DROUGHT; FEEDBACK; HEAVY WATER; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER VAPOR;

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE WATER; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GEOPOTENTIALS; HEAVY RAINS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SURFACE EVAPORATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WARM TEMPERATURES; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONVERGENCE; DRAINAGE WATER; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA;

EID: 81255176956     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015706     Document Type: Article

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