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application/pdf  ISWSRR-121.pdf (4MB) | ISWS Research Report 121 |
Description
| Title: | The 1988-1989 Drought in Illinois: causes, dimensions, and impacts |
| Author(s): | Angel, James R.; Knapp, H. Vernon; Scott, Robert W.; Bender, G. Michael; Kunkel, Kenneth E.; Semomin, Richard G.; Durgunoğlu, Ali; McConkey, Sally A.; Singh, Krishnan P.; Hollinger, Steven E.; Portis, Diane H.; Wehrmann, H. Allen; Jones, Douglas M.A.; Ramamurthy, Ganapathi S.; Wendland, Wayne M. |
| Contributor(s): | Lamb, Peter, J. |
| Subject(s): | Air circulation
air masses climatic data climatology droughts evapotranspiration fronts (atmospheric) groundwater Illinois long waves meteorology planned weather modification precipitation (atmospheric) streamflow water levels water shortage |
| Abstract: | The 1988-1989 drought was one of the most disastrous droughts in the history of the state. Hydrologic, meteorological, and climatological aspects of the 1988-1989 drought in Illinois are addressed. The drought is evaluated in terms of precipitation, streamflow, lakes and reservoirs, and ground-water resources of the state. The meteorological conditions that produced the drought also are addressed. Impacts and problems resulting from the drought are discussed along with various actions taken to ameliorate the problems. Although the primary goal of the study was to quantify the drought, primarily in a physical sense, an important secondary goal was to assess the impacts and the actions employed in order to derive information needed in future planning and handling of Illinois droughts. The report thus ends with a set of recommendations for coping with future droughts. |
| Issue Date: | 1992 |
| Series/Report: | ISWS RR-121 |
| Genre: | Technical Report |
| Type: | Text |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/75857 |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-04-24 |