Browsing by Subject "Climatology"
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A Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology of Heavy Midlatitude Rainfall: Trends Across the United States from 1950-2009
(2010)The increasing regularity and intensity of heavy precipitation events across the United States during the latter part of the 20th century is widely recognized. Many climate models predict continued growth in the proportion ... -
Flash Droughts: A Local to Global Analysis of Rapid Drought Intensification and their Associated Impacts
(2020-12)Flash drought is characterized by the rapid intensification toward drought conditions and is primarily associated with detrimental impacts to agricultural production. Unlike conventional (slowly developing) drought, flash ... -
A Heat Wave Definition Employed across the Southern Great Plains for Trend Analysis from 1979-2019
(2021-08)Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) extremes occur frequently in the Southern Great Plains (SGP), more specifically heat waves. Heat waves are expected to increase in frequency, duration, and intensity in several regions globally, ...