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RISExtreme Weather: World-Record Rainfalls During Tropical Cyclone Gamede
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Climatology (CCl) evaluation process is applied to two extreme rainfall records occurring at Cratère Commerson on La Réunion Island during the passage of the major ...
World Meteorological Organization Assessment of the Purported World Record 58°C Temperature Extreme at El Azizia, Libya (13 September 1922)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: tember 1922, a temperature of 58°C (136.4°F) was purportedly recorded at El Azizia (approximately 40 km south-southwest of Tripoli) in what is now modern-day Libya. That temperature record of 58°C has been cited by numerous ...
The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX): Scientific Objectives and Experimental Design
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX) will address the life cycle of cyclones evolving over the North Atlantic Ocean in January and February 1997. The objectives of FASTEX are to improve the forecasts of ...
WMO Assessment of Weather and Climate Mortality Extremes: Lightning, Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hail
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractA World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Climatology international panel was convened to examine and assess the available evidence associated with five weather-related mortality extremes: 1) lightning ...