The evaporative demand drought index. Part II: CONUS-wide assessment against common drought indicators

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1763-1779

  McEvoy, Daniel J ^a   Huntington, Justin L ^a   Hobbins, Michael T ^b,c   Wood, Andrew ^d   Morton, Charles ^a   Anderson, Martha ^e   Hain, Christopher ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Atm ocean structure phenomena; Atmosphere land interaction; Climatology; Drought; Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic cycle; Physical meteorology and climatology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84976905644     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0122.1     Document Type: Article

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