Observed trends in the Great Plains low-level jet and associated precipitation changes in relation to recent droughts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6247-6251

  Barandiaran, Daniel ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Hilburn, Kyle ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains low level jet; regional hydroclimate

Indexed keywords

LOW LEVEL JET; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MERIDIONAL WINDS; NORTH AMERICAN; ONGOING CHANGES; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL HYDROCLIMATE;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; JET; JET STREAM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTHERN PLAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84891600703     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058296     Document Type: Article

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