Hydroclimate variability and change in the prairie pothole region, the “Duck factory” of North America

Earth Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1-28

  Ballard, Tristan ^a   Seager, Richard ^b   Smerdon, Jason E ^b   Cook, Benjamin I ^c   Ray, Andrea J ^d   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^e   Kushnir, Yochanan ^b   Nakamura, Jennifer ^b   Henderson, Naomi ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Ecosystem effects; Hydrologic cycle; North America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WETLANDS; WETTING;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATERFOWL;

GREAT PLAINS; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 84908193684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI-D-14-0004.1     Document Type: Article

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