On the spatial gradient of soil moisture-precipitation feedback strength in the April 2011 drought in the southern Great Plains

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 829-848

  Su, Hua ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Hydrometeorology; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE ADVECTION; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 85010843529     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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