Changes in drought risk over the contiguous United States (1901-2012): The influence of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5897-5903

  Kam, Jonghun ^a   Sheffield, Justin ^a   Wood, Eric F ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

DROUGHT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008252999     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060973     Document Type: Article

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