The evolution, propagation, and spread of flash drought in the Central United States during 2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15548636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey B Basara (0000-0002-2096-6844, University of Oklahoma, corresponding author), Jordan I Christian (0000-0003-2740-8201, University of Oklahoma), Ryann A Wakefield (University of Oklahoma), Jason A Otkin (0000-0003-4034-7845, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Eric H Hunt (Atmospheric and Environmental Research), David P Brown (0000-0003-3265-4431), David Brown (0000-0003-0275-8723, Agricultural Research Service) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 084025-084025 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab2cc0 |
| OpenAlex | W2955368285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 39 |
During 2012, flash drought developed and subsequently expanded across large areas of the Central United States (US) with severe impacts to overall water resources and warm-season agricultural production. Recent efforts have yielded a methodology to detect and quantify flash drought occurrence and rate of intensification from climatological datasets via the standardized evaporative stress ratio (SESR). This study utilizes the North American Regional Reanalysis and applied the SESR methodology to quantify the spatial and temporal development and expansion of flash drought conditions during 2012. Critical results include the identification of the flash drought epicenter and subsequent spread of flash drought conditions radially outward with varying rates of intensification. Further, a comparison of the SESR analyses with surface-atmosphere coupling metrics demonstrated that a hostile environment developed across the region, which limited the formation of deep atmospheric convection, exacerbated evaporative stress, and perpetuated flash drought development and enhanced its radial spread across the Central US
Agronomy · Atmospheric sciences · Biology · Climate change · Climatology · Drought stress · Flash (photography · Flash flood · Geography · Weather patterns · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Drought Analysis · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |