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DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.05.014 |
On the unseasonal flooding over the Central United States during December 2015 and January 2016 | |
Zhang, Wei; Villarini, Gabriele | |
2017-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0169-8095 |
EISSN | 1873-2895 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 196 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | The unseasonal winter heavy rainfall and flooding that occurred during December 2015-January 2016 had large socio-economic impacts for the central United States. Here we examine the climatic conditions that led to the observed extreme precipitation, and compare and contrast them with the 1982/1983 and 2011/2012 winters. The large precipitation amounts associated with the 1982/1983 and 2015/2016 winter flooding were linked to the strongly positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), with large moisture transported from the Gulf of Mexico. The anomalous upper-level trough in the 1982- and 2015-Decembers over the western United States was also favorable for strong precipitation by leading the cold front over the central United States. In contrast, the extremely positive NAO in December 2011 did not lead to heavy rainfall and flooding because the Azores High center shifted too far westward (like a blocking high) preventing moisture from moving towards the central and southeastern United States. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000409290200003 |
WOS关键词 | AMERICAN TELECONNECTION PATTERN ; NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION ; ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ; CLIMATE ; PRECIPITATION ; FREQUENCY ; TEMPERATURE ; SEASONALITY ; VARIABILITY ; REANALYSIS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/37958 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | Univ Iowa, IIHR Hydrosci & Engn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Wei,Villarini, Gabriele. On the unseasonal flooding over the Central United States during December 2015 and January 2016[J]. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,2017,196. |
APA | Zhang, Wei,&Villarini, Gabriele.(2017).On the unseasonal flooding over the Central United States during December 2015 and January 2016.ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,196. |
MLA | Zhang, Wei,et al."On the unseasonal flooding over the Central United States during December 2015 and January 2016".ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 196(2017). |
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