Decreasing US aridity in a warming climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1560-1564

  Finkel, J M ^a   Canel Katz, L M ^b   Katz, J I ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Global warming; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CLAUSIUS CLAPEYRON RELATION; FORCING FUNCTION; HISTORICAL DATABASE; INCREASING ARIDITIES; NORTH AMERICAN; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; WARMING CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937621964     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4421     Document Type: Article

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