The Effect of the Dry Line and Convective Initiation on Drought Evolution over Oklahoma during the 2011 Drought

Observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet and high resolution Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations were used to evaluate the effect that the dry line and large-scale atmospheric patterns had on drought evolution during 2011. Mesonet observations showed that a “dry” and “wet” pattern devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul X. Flanagan, Jeffrey B. Basara, Bradley G. Illston, Jason A. Otkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8430743