Climate modelers see modern echo in '30s Dust Bowl

“Dust and sea surface temperature forcing of the 1930s ‘Dust Bowl’ drought” appears in the current online edition of Geophysical Research Letters: http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0808/2008GL033486/.

More information, and images, are at: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/dust_storms.shtml

A related paper coauthored by Seager is in press at the Journal of Geophysical Research:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/dustbowl.shtml

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Benjamin Cook, , 212-678-5669
Ron Miller, , 212-678-5552
Richard Seager, , 845-365-8743

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