Abstract: In the past the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) has sometimes been proposed to explain the tendency for the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) to alternate between strong and weak years. In this study, NCEP ...

Abstract: At the end of December 1999, two extremely severe storms only one day apart affected western Europe and caused considerable damage. A variable derived from satellite observations, the so-called temperature of the lower ...

Abstract: olar lows are intense high-latitude mesocyclones that form during the cold season over open sea. Their relatively small-scale and short life span lead to a rather poor representation in model outputs and meteorological ...

Abstract: A characterization of the large-scale environment associated with precipitating systems in the Mediterranean region, based mainly on NOAA-16 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) observations from 2001 to 2007, is ...

Abstract: From 1979 to present, sensors aboard the NOAA series of polar meteorological satellites have provided continuous measurements of the earth's surface and atmosphere. One of these sensors, the TIROS-N Operational Vertical ...