Assessment Report: Causes and Predictability of the 2011-14 California Drought - NOAA Drought Task Force - Climate Change Global Warming Contribution, Data, Simulations, Winter Precipitation, SST

The causes and predictability of the California drought during the three consecutive rainy seasons (November-April) 2011/12 to 2013/14 are analyzed using observations and ensembles of simulations conducted with seven atmosphere models forced by observed sea surface temperatures (SSTs).