Is a transition to semipermanent drought conditions imminent in the U.S. great plains?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8380-8386

  Hoerling, Martin P ^a   Eischeid, Jon K ^b   Quan, Xiao Wei ^b   Diaz, Henry F ^a   Webb, Robert S ^a   Dole, Randall M ^a   Easterling, David R ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Drought; North America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT SEVERITY; LAND SURFACE MODELS; NORTH AMERICA; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SURFACE MOISTURES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING CLIMATE; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND SURFACE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATER; WATER BUDGET;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871898001     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00449.1     Document Type: Article

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