Abstract: Hourly dewpoint temperature data for the 1951?2006 period at 10 stations in the contiguous United States were investigated to determine if inhomogeneities in their records could be detected. At least three instrument changes ...

Abstract: alancing global moisture budgets is a difficult task that is even more challenging at regional scales. Atmospheric water budget components are investigated within five tropical (15°S?15°N) ocean regions, including the ...

Abstract: Most climatological datasets are beset with urban temperature influences that distort long-term trends. Using an hourly dataset of 41 urban and rural stations from the United States, discriminant functions were developed ...

Abstract: .S. hourly surface observations are examined at 145 stations to identify annual and seasonal changes in temperature, dewpoint, relative humidity, and specific humidity since 1930. Because of numerous systematic instrument ...

Abstract: The northeastern United States is one of the most variable climates in the world, and how climate extremes are changing is critical to populations, industries, and the environment in this region. A long-term (1870?2005) ...

Abstract: AbstractThis study focuses on the tropical cyclone rainfall retrieval using FY-3B Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI) brightness temperatures (Tbs). The GPROF, a fully parametric approach based on the Bayesian scheme, is ...