A comparative analysis of surface winds in the Mid-Continental United States of America during severe droughts in the 1950s and 2010s.

Ross McCarter, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Karen Elizabeth Kohfeld, Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management and School of Environmental Science, Burnaby, Canada, Kerstin Schepanski, Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Thomas E Gill, University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences / Environmental Science and Engineering Program, El Paso, TX, United States