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

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Abstract

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%.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Quantifying human-induced temperature impacts on the 2018 United States Four Corners drought
Series title Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0187.1
Volume 101
Issue 1
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher America Meteorological Society
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description 5 p.
First page S11
Last page S15
Country United States
State New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado
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