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A STUDY OF THE SURFACE SYNOPTIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DROUGHT OF THE 1960's IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 1
Author(s) -
Horowitz Joseph L.,
Shulman Mark D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1967.tb05891.x
Subject(s) - climatology , atmospheric circulation , environmental science , period (music) , air temperature , cold front , air mass (solar energy) , geography , geology , mathematics , statistics , representativeness heuristic , physics , acoustics
A comparative evaluation is made of the frequency of air mass and frontal types during a 4‐year representative portion of the drought as opposed to an equivalent non‐drought period. Selection of the non‐drought period is based on the Palmer Drought Index. Results indicate a statistically significant increase in the occurrence of continental polar air during the drought. Other conclusions concerning conditions during the drought, not statistically significant but worth further study, are: lower frequency of maritime tropical air in the summer months, more occurrences of cold and occluded fronts, and fewer occurrences of stationary fronts.