Session 10a Drought (Parallel with Sessions 10B and 11)

Thursday, 11 May 2000: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Host: 12th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer:
Claude Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Papers:
1:30 PM
10a.1
Results of 23 years of drought monitoring and research in Colorado
Thomas B. McKee, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and J. Kleist

1:50 PM
10a.2
2:10 PM
10a.3
On Using the Standard Precipitation Index to assess soil moisture status in North Carolina.
Aaron Sims, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. S. Niyogi and S. Raman

2:30 PM
10a.4
Explaining agricultural drought in the United States Midwest
Michelle A. Buhta, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

2:50 PM
10a.5
Spatial modes of drought in the Central United States
Michael A. Palecki, Midwestern Climate Center/ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. J. Leathers

3:10 PM
10a.6
Pacific sea surface temperature and precipitation in the Southern Great Plains
Frederic Rossel, USDA/ARS, El Reno, OK; and J. Garbrecht

3:30 PM
10a.7
A study on dry periods in Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Schaub Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Peachtree City, GA

3:50 PM
10a.8
4:10 PM
10a.9
Statistical tests for drought tendency investigation and their sensitivity
Sandor Szalai, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary; and C. Szinell

4:30 PM
10a.4x
Coffee Break

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