An analysis of drought components in the eastern United States / by Thomas Eugene Pond.
| Author/creator | Pond, Thomas E. author. |
| Other author | Stephenson, Richard A., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Geography and Planning. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1986. |
| Description | vi, 65 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
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| Summary | The purpose of this research is to study drought components in the climatic regions of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is hypothesized that drought associated with temperature variation exhibits unique spatial patterns. This investigation adds a different spatial dimension related to drought phenomenon. The areal association of temperature as an altering factor upon environmental moisture status is evaluated. Research related to drought analysis has traditionally focused upon negative departures from precipitation normals. Only in recent years has temperature variation as an aspect of drought and its intensity been considered. These studies incorporated temperature-induced evapotranspiration demands as an element significant to either intensifying or ameliorating an area's moisture status, but failed to separate the moisture supply and moisture demand parameters as component elements. This study shows that there is an areal differentiation regarding the impact of above normal temperatures on the phenomenon of drought. |
| General note | "Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geography and Planning ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Geography." |
| General note | Advisor: Richard A. Stephenson |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 1986 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65). |
| Genre/form | dissertations. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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