Subregionalization of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern United States

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-332

  Ortegren, Jason T ^a   Weatherall, Ashley ^b   Maxwell, Justin T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drought; multidecadal; southeastern United States; subregional

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DROUGHT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897569976     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.787008     Document Type: Article

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