Evaluating Evaporative Demand in CMIP5 Models and its Role in Characterizing Drought over the U.S. Northern Great Plains

Candida Dewes1, Imtiaz Rangwala2, Mike Hobbins1 and Joseph J Barsugli3, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States