Browsing by Author "McRoberts, Brent"
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Nielsen-Gammon, John; McRoberts, Brent (2009-08-12)This report characterizes the meteorological severity of the 2008‐09 Texas Drought as of August 1, 2009, putting the present drought into a historical perspective. The report draws upon multiple sources of information, ...
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McRoberts, Brent; Nielsen-Gammon, John (2016-10-28)The future of ecosystems in the Big Bend region of the Chihuahuan Desert largely depends on the response to future droughts. Most of the precipitation in the region falls in the 6-month period from May to October due in ...
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McRoberts, Brent; Nielsen-Gammon, John (American Meteorological Society, 2011-11-29)A new homogeneous climate division monthly precipitation dataset [based on full network estimated precipitation (FNEP)] was created as an alternative to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) climate division dataset. ...
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The Use of a High-Resolution Standardized Precipitation Index for Drought Monitoring and Assessment McRoberts, Brent; Nielsen-Gammon, John (American Meteorological Society, 2012-01-27)A high-resolution drought-monitoring tool was developed to assess drought on multiple time scales using the standardized precipitation index (SPI). Daily precipitation data at 4-km resolution are obtained from the Advanced ...