The Western U.S. Drought: How Bad Is It?

 

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Autoři: Piechota, Thomas C., Timilsena, Janak, Tootle, Glenn, Hidalgo León, Hugo G.
Médium: artículo original
Datum vydání:2014
Popis:Historical stream flow records and the forecast for 2004 make the current (1999–2004) drought in the southwestern United States the worst one in the past 80 years for portions of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). For the Colorado River (near Cisco, Utah), the cumulative stream flow deficit (departure from long-term mean) for the current drought is almost 11 km, or approximately 2 years of average stream flow Although the current drought is the most significant, based on historical stream flow records, is it the worst ever?
Země:Kérwá
Instituce:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/29648
On-line přístup:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004EO320001/abstract
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/29648
Klíčové slovo:Drought
Hydroclimatology
Dendrohydrology