Anatomy of an Extreme Event

The record-setting 2011 Texas drought/heat wave is examined to identify physical processes, underlying causes, and predictability. October 2010–September 2011 was Texas’s driest 12-month period on record. While the summer 2011 heat wave magnitude (2.9°C above the 1981–2010 mean) was larger than the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of climate 2013-05, Vol.26 (9), p.2811-2832
Hauptverfasser:	Hoerling, Martin, Kumar, Arun, Dole, Randall, Nielsen-Gammon, John W., Eischeid, Jon, Perlwitz, Judith, Quan, Xiao-Wei, Zhang, Tao, Pegion, Philip, Chen, Mingyue
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropogenic factors Climate Climate change Climate models Climatic extremes Drought Droughts Earth, ocean, space El Nino phenomena Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Global climate models Global warming Heat Heat waves Human influences La Nina La Nina events Mathematical models Meteorology Modeling Natural variability Precipitation Probability theory Rain Rainfall Sea surface Sea surface temperature Simulation Simulations Storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms Summer Surface temperature Temperature
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