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Abstract: This paper presents new methods of estimating the bias and the resolution of radar and raingage area average rainfall measurements over a defined area when both devices are employed simultaneously. The bias of raingage ...

Abstract: The correspondence among the following three forecast verification scores, based on forecasts and their associated observations, is described: 1) the correlation score, 2) the root-mean-square error (RMSE) score, and 3) ...

Abstract: In this study, the sources and strengths of statistical short-term climate predictability for local surface climate (temperature and precipitation) and 700-mb geopotential height in the Northern Hemisphere are explored at ...

Abstract: AbstractHeat waves are climate extremes having significant environmental and social impacts. However, there is no universally accepted definition of a heat wave. The major goal of this study is to compare characteristics ...

Abstract: In much of Ethiopia, similar to the Sahelian countries to its west, rainfall from June to September contributes the majority of the annual total, and is crucial to Ethiopia?s water resource and agriculture operations. ...

Abstract: A potentially operational system for 3-month total precipitation forecasts for island stations in the tropical Pacific has been developed at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center using the statistical method of canonical ...

Abstract: Statistical short-term climate predictive skills and their sources for 3-month mean local surface climate (temperature and precipitation) in Hawaii and Alaska have been explored at lead times of up to one year using a ...

Abstract: The extreme phases of El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are known to dominate the interannual variability of tropical rainfall. However, the relationship between ENSO and the spatial extent of drought and excessively wet ...

Abstract: An empirical system for forecasting 3-month mean surface temperature T and total precipitation P for Canada?canonical correlation analysis (CCA)?has been developed using the 1956?90 data period. The levels and sources of ...