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Quantifying human-induced temperature impacts on the 2018 United States Four Corners drought

February 16, 2020

Human-induced (HI) warming increased Four Corners’ air temperatures by between +1.3 and +2°C, increasing vapor pressure deficits and reducing NDVI by ~16-30%. Without HI warming, March SWE would have been higher by ~20%.

Publication Year 2020
Title Quantifying human-induced temperature impacts on the 2018 United States Four Corners drought
DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0187.1
Authors Emily Williams, Chris Funk, Shraddhanand Shukla, Daniel McEvoy
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Index ID 70208913
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center