What we learned from the Dust Bowl: lessons in science, policy, and adaptation
This article provides a review and synthesis of scholarly knowledge of Depression-era
droughts on the North American Great Plains, a time and place known colloquially as the …
droughts on the North American Great Plains, a time and place known colloquially as the …
Multiple causes of wind erosion in the Dust Bowl
Abstract The Dust Bowl refers to a disaster focused in the Southern Great Plains of North
America during the 1930s, when the region experienced extreme wind erosion. Dry farming …
America during the 1930s, when the region experienced extreme wind erosion. Dry farming …
Evaluation of climate models
Climate models have continued to be developed and improved since the AR4, and many
models have been extended into Earth System models by including the representation of …
models have been extended into Earth System models by including the representation of …
Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils
CM Taylor, RAM de Jeu, F Guichard, PP Harris… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Land surface properties, such as vegetation cover and soil moisture, influence the
partitioning of radiative energy between latent and sensible heat fluxes in daytime hours …
partitioning of radiative energy between latent and sensible heat fluxes in daytime hours …
Historical meteorological droughts over the CORDEX‐CAM (Central America, Caribbean and Mexico) domain: Evaluating the simulation of dry hot spots with RegCM4
L Andrade‐Gómez, T Cavazos - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Historical meteorological droughts are analysed over the Coordinated Regional
Downscaling Experiment‐Central America, Caribbean and Mexico (CORDEX‐CAM) domain …
Downscaling Experiment‐Central America, Caribbean and Mexico (CORDEX‐CAM) domain …
Uncertainties in future projections of summer droughts and heat waves over the contiguous United States
JE Herrera-Estrada, J Sheffield - Journal of Climate, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Droughts and heat waves have important impacts on multiple sectors including water
resources, agriculture, electricity generation, and public health, so it is important to …
resources, agriculture, electricity generation, and public health, so it is important to …
[PDF][PDF] Climate projections for the Midwest: Availability, interpretation and synthesis
JA Winkler, RW Arritt, SC Pryor - US National Climate Assessment …, 2012 - glisa.umich.edu
Climate projections from multiple sources display close agreement regarding future changes
for the Midwest region in annual and seasonal mean temperature, the frequency of …
for the Midwest region in annual and seasonal mean temperature, the frequency of …
A mechanistically credible, poleward shift in warm-season precipitation projected for the US Southern Great Plains?
MS Bukovsky, RR McCrary, A Seth… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Global and regional climate model ensembles project that the annual cycle of rainfall over
the southern Great Plains (SGP) will amplify by midcentury. Models indicate that warm …
the southern Great Plains (SGP) will amplify by midcentury. Models indicate that warm …
Ocean and land forcing of the record-breaking Dust Bowl heatwaves across central United States
The severe drought of the 1930s Dust Bowl decade coincided with record-breaking summer
heatwaves that contributed to the socio-economic and ecological disaster over North …
heatwaves that contributed to the socio-economic and ecological disaster over North …
Global soil moisture bimodality in satellite observations and climate models
L Vilasa, DG Miralles, RAM De Jeu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new diagnostic metric based on soil moisture bimodality is developed in order to examine
and compare soil moisture from satellite observations and Earth System Models. The …
and compare soil moisture from satellite observations and Earth System Models. The …