Sentence examples for winter droughts from inspiring English sources

"Winter droughts are still droughts," said Douglas LeComte, a senior meteorologist at the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The overall results indicate a trend toward less severe winter droughts, and consistent changes in the timing of snowmelt flows.

Winter droughts mainly occurred in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins, Liaohe River basin, and Southwest China.

The analysis covers several facets of the Alpine hydrologic regimes, including winter droughts and spring snowmelt flows, both in terms of severity and timing of occurrence.

Northwest China has mainly suffered from spring, autumn, and winter droughts, while drought always hit Northeast China consecutively in the winter and spring, with a relatively low contribution (less than 20%%) from the summer.

Winter droughts mainly occur in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River basins, the Liaohe River basin, and Southwest China, with the drought duration ratio varying from 45 to 65%%.

An exceptionally hot summer, following a winter drought, has made the resinous pine forests particularly flammable.

Similarly, the incidences of summer drought (Dsum), autumn drought (Daut), and winter drought (Dwin) were calculated as the ratio in June August, September–November, and December February, respectively.

In general, an increasing trend is found for winter drought extent across the PNW.

Three rainfall-manipulation treatments were designed to reflect potential changes in precipitation regimens: supplemented winter rainfall; winter drought; and control.

Winter waterlogging and summer drought may become more prevalent as a result of climate change.