Observed Local Soil Moisture-Atmosphere Feedbacks within the Context of Remote SST Anomalies: Lessons From Recent Droughts

Ahmed Bayoumy Tawfik, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Paul Dirmeyer, George Mason University, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Fairfax, United States and David M Lawrence, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, United States