Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management

Flint, Lorraine E.; Flint, Alan L.; Mendoza, John; Kalansky, Julie; Ralph, F. M.

doi:10.1186/s13717-017-0112-6

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Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management

2018
By Flint, Lorraine E. ; Flint, Alan L. ; Mendoza, John ; ...

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Journal Title:

Ecological Processes
Personal Author:

Flint, Lorraine E. ; Flint, Alan L. ; Mendoza, John ; Kalansky, Julie ; Ralph, F. M.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office)
Description:

California’s recent drought (2012–2016) has implications throughout the state for natural resource management and adaptation planning and has generated many discussions about drought characterization and recovery. This study characterizes drought conditions with two indices describing deficits in natural water supply and increases in landscape stress developed on the basis of water balance modeling, at a fine spatial scale to assess the variation in conditions across the entire state, and provides an in-depth evaluation for the Russian River basin in northern California to address local resource management by developing extreme drought scenarios for consideration in planning and adaptation
Keywords:

Droughts
Source:

Ecological Processes, 7, 1
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-017-0112-6
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

California
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CC BY
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PMC
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