Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands: A Multi-level Assessment
Dates
Publication Date
2017-07
Citation
Polhemus, Dan. A. 2017. Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands: A Multi-level Assessment. https://doi.org/10.21429/C9ZS74.
Summary
Although tropical Pacific islands are generally perceived as having wet climates, they are vulnerable to periodic episodes of drought. This literature review strives to establish a base of information relating to such drought events in the U. S.- affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), a vast expanse of the oceanic Pacific larger than the North American continent, spanning five time zones and the International Date Line roughly between the southern Tropic of Capricorn across the equator to the northern Tropic of Cancer. The USAPI include the Territories of American Samoa and Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of the [...]
Summary
Although tropical Pacific islands are generally perceived as having wet climates, they are vulnerable to periodic episodes of drought. This literature review strives to establish a base of information relating to such drought events in the U. S.- affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), a vast expanse of the oceanic Pacific larger than the North American continent, spanning five time zones and the International Date Line roughly between the southern Tropic of Capricorn across the equator to the northern Tropic of Cancer. The USAPI include the Territories of American Samoa and Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of the Marshall Islands. This review examines drought at several different levels of cause and effect, including meteorological, hydrological, ecological, agricultural, and socioeconomic drought.
