An intensified seasonal transition in the Central U.S. that enhances summer drought

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 8804-8816

  Wang, S Y Simon ^a   Santanello, Joseph ^b   Wang, Hailan ^b   Barandiaran, Daniel ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^c   Schubert, Siegfried ^b   Gillies, Robert R ^a   Oglesby, Robert ^d   Hilburn, Kyle ^e   Kilic, Ayse ^f   Houser, Paul ^g  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensified spring summer transition aggravated drought; Land atmosphere feedback increased the 2012 drought; Summer drying in Central U.S. has been enhanced

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943452105     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD023013     Document Type: Article

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