Convective suppression before and during the United States Northern Great Plains flash drought of 2017

Gerken, Tobias; Bromley, Gabriel T.; Ruddell, Benjamin L.; Williams, Skylar; Stoy, Paul C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4155-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4155-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4155-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 8

Research article

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07 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 07 Aug 2018

Convective suppression before and during the United States Northern Great Plains flash drought of 2017

Tobias Gerken, Gabriel T. Bromley, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Skylar Williams, and Paul C. Stoy

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RC1: 'On the importance of atmospheric humidity deficits and drought onset', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 May 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Tobias Gerken, 17 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Convective suppression before and during the United States Northern Great Plains Flash Drought of 2017"', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Tobias Gerken, 17 Jun 2018
AC3: 'Proposed revisions', Tobias Gerken, 18 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (20 Jul 2018) by Bob Su

AR by Tobias Gerken on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 Jul 2018) by Bob Su

AR by Tobias Gerken on behalf of the Authors (27 Jul 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

An unprecedented flash drought took place across parts of the US Northern Great Plains and Canadian Prairie Provinces during the summer of 2017 that in some areas was the worst in recorded history. We show that this drought was preceded by a breakdown of land–atmosphere coupling, reducing the likelihood of convective precipitation. It may be useful to monitor land–atmosphere coupling to track and potentially forecast drought development.