With three straight playoff appearances after a long postseason drought, expectations were soaring.
Prices of cotton rose on expectations that a drought in Texas would reduce output.
They pay into the system based on expectations of how drought will disrupt their harvests, and if rainfall dips below predetermined levels they're paid.
For example, Hoffmann et al. (2011) showed that, contrary to expectation, isohydric (e.g., drought sensitive) species with lower wood density that were less resistant to cavitation experienced less canopy dieback during a short-term drought.
Loral Space and Communications Ltd. slashed earnings and revenue expectations yesterday because of the drought in telecommunications spending, and its shares plunged by nearly 40percenttoto a seven-year low.
"We have already begun seeing a trend towards more intense rainfall, while at the same time more intense periods of drought — indication that expectations of weather whiplash as a result of climate change are well placed," Climate Nexus, a non-profit research and advocacy group, said in a statement last week.
Rising global commodities prices and wage expectations, as well as severe droughts in China this year, are expected to fan price rises in coming months before inflation levels off again later this year, analysts believe.
Roddick then compared the American expectation of success with the drought British tennis went through — notably the 77-year run between men's singles champions at Wimbledon — for generations before Andy Murray's recent success.
However, we found that programmed cell death-related terms were specifically enriched relative to expectation in the tolerant pool after drought stress (GO 0012501).
Contrary to the expectation that surviving trees have weathered severe drought, the hydraulic deterioration demonstrated here reveals that surviving regions of these forests are actually more vulnerable to future droughts due to accumulated xylem damage.
