The role of spring dry zonal advection in summer drought onset over the US Great Plains

<p>This study addresses the role of the atmospheric moisture budget in determining the onset and development of summer droughts over the North American Great Plains (GP) using two state-of-the-art reanalysis datasets. We identified zonal moisture advection as the main cause of severe troposphe...

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Main Authors: A. Erfanian, R. Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-12-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/15199/2019/acp-19-15199-2019.pdf