Characterizing the surface features of the 1999-2005 Canadian prairie drought in relation to previous severe twentieth century events

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-338

  Bonsal, Barrie R ^a   Wheaton, Elaine E ^b   Meinert, Alison ^c   Siemens, Evan ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Drought indices; Drought propagation; Drought stages; Droughts; Gridded climate data; Impacts; Variability

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DROUGHT; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA;

EID: 84055184256     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.594024     Document Type: Review

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