Spring land temperature anomalies in northwestern US and the summer drought over Southern Plains and adjacent areas

Recurrent drought and associated heatwave episodes are important features of the US climate. Many studies have examined the connection between ocean surface temperature changes and conterminous US droughts. However, remote effects of large-scale land surface temperature variability, over shorter but...

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Main Authors: Yongkang Xue, Catalina M Oaida, Ismaila Diallo, J David Neelin, Suosuo Li, Fernando De Sales, Yu Gu, David A Robinson, Ratko Vasic, Lan Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044018