U.S. temperature and drought: Recent anomalies and trends

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Volumn 93, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 473-474

  Karl, T R ^a   Gleason, B E ^a   Menne, M J ^a   McMahon, J R ^b   Heim, R R ^a   Brewer, M J ^a   Kunkel, K E ^c   Arndt, D S ^a   Privette, J L ^a   Bates, J J ^a   Groisman, P Y ^d   Easterling, D R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b Bald win Group   (United States)

^c National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

^d University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870463035     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO470001     Document Type: Article

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