Flash Drought as Captured by Reanalysis Data: Disentangling the Contributions of Precipitation Deficit and Excess Energy


Randal D Koster1, Sarith P P Mahanama2,3, Hailan Wang4, Siegfried D Schubert4,5, Yehui Chang2 and Dr. Anthony M DeAngelis, PhD6, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (4)SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States