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Assessing the contributions of East African and West Pacific warming to the 2014 boreal spring East African drought

November 24, 2015

Anthropogenic warming contributed to the 2014 East African drought by increasing East African and west Pacific temperatures, and increasing the gradient between standardized western and central Pacific SST causing reduced rainfall, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture.

Citation Information

Publication Year 2015
Title Assessing the contributions of East African and West Pacific warming to the 2014 boreal spring East African drought
Authors Christopher C. Funk, Shraddhanand Shukla, Andrew Hoell, Ben Livneh
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Index ID 70155248
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

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