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RISDynamics and Variability of the Spring Dry Season in the United States Southwest as Observed in AmeriFlux and NLDAS-2 Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe spring dry season occurring in an arid region of the southwestern United States, which receives both winter storm track and summer monsoon precipitation, is investigated. Bimodal precipitation and vegetation ...
An Unexpected Decline in Spring Atmospheric Humidity in the Interior Southwestern United States and Implications for Forest Fires
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Revisiting the Leading Drivers of Pacific Coastal Drought Variability in the Contiguous United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractCoastal droughts that simultaneously affect California, Oregon, and Washington are rare, but they have extensive and severe impacts (e.g., wildfire and agriculture). To better understand these events, historical ...
The Curious Case of Projected Twenty-First-Century Drying but Greening in the American West
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractClimate models project significant twenty-first-century declines in water availability over the American West from anthropogenic warming. However, the physical mechanisms underpinning this response are poorly ...
Climatology, Variability, and Trends in the U.S. Vapor Pressure Deficit, an Important Fire-Related Meteorological Quantity
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: nlike the commonly used relative humidity, vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is an absolute measure of the difference between the water vapor content of the air and its saturation value and an accurate metric of the ability of ...
Using Tree Rings to Predict the Response of Tree Growth to Climate Change in the Continental United States during the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In the early 1900s, tree-ring scientists began analyzing the relative widths of annual growth rings preserved in the cross sections of trees to infer past climate variations. Now, many ring-width index (RWI) chronologies, ...
Gross Discrepancies between Observed and Simulated Twentieth-to-Twenty-First-Century Precipitation Trends in Southeastern South America
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
U.S. Pacific Coastal Droughts Are Predominantly Driven by Internal Atmospheric Variability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Revisiting the Leading Drivers of Pacific Coastal Drought Variability in the Contiguous United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractCoastal droughts that simultaneously affect California, Oregon, and Washington are rare, but they have extensive and severe impacts (e.g., wildfire and agriculture). To better understand these events, historical ...
Climate Change Amplification of Natural Drought Variability: The Historic Mid-Twentieth-Century North American Drought in a Warmer World
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractIn the mid-twentieth century (1948?57), North America experienced a severe drought forced by cold tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs). If these SSTs recurred, it would likely cause another drought, but ...