Dynamical causes of the 2010/11 Texas-northern Mexico drought

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-68

  Seager, Richard ^a   Goddard, Lisa ^b   Nakamura, Jennifer ^a   Henderson, Naomi ^a   Lee, Dong Eun ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Climate variability; Hydrometeorology; La Nina; North America; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894074290     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-024.1     Document Type: Article

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