Heat wave flash droughts in decline

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2823-2829

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

drought; trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

GROWING SEASON; HEAT WAVES; MOST LIKELY; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TRENDS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLOW; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929515129     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064018     Document Type: Article

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