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Long-Term Trends and Forcing Mechanisms of Circulation and Climate in the Equatorial Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Trends of circulation and climate in the equatorial Pacific during 1948?92 were analyzed from observations of sea surface temperature (T), cloudiness (C), sea level pressure (P), specific humidity (Q), and zonal wind ...
ENSO Indices Based on Patterns of Satellite-Derived Precipitation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this study, gridded observed precipitation datasets are used to construct rainfall-based ENSO indices. The monthly El Niño and La Niña indices (EI and LI) measure the steepest zonal gradient of precipitation anomalies ...
Sensitivity of Crop Water Need to 2071–95 Projected Temperature and Precipitation Changes in Jamaica
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study uses empirical models to examine the potential impact of climate change, based on a range of 100-yr phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) projections, on crop water need in Jamaica. As ...
Getting More out of Storm Surge Forecasts: Emergency Support Personnel Needs in North Carolina
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractStorm surge has been identified as a dangerous and damaging coastal hazard that is expected to be exacerbated by rising sea levels. However, storm surge research and applications are relatively new and poorly ...
The Midsummer Dry Spell’s Impact on Vegetation in Jamaica
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The annual rainfall pattern of the intra-Americas sea reveals a bimodal feature with a minimum during the midsummer known as the midsummer dry spell (MSD). A first attempt is made to examine the impact of the MSD on ...
Tropical Rainfall Variability on Interannual-to-Interdecadal and Longer Time Scales Derived from the GPCP Monthly Product
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Global and large regional rainfall variations and possible long-term changes are examined using the 27-yr (1979?2005) Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) monthly dataset. Emphasis is placed on discriminating ...
A Multinational Course on Global Climate Change
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ultinational course on global climate change was developed by East Carolina University in collaboration with five international universities and the U.S. Department of State. This course was developed to help foster the ...
Precipitation Extremes Estimated by GPCP and TRMM: ENSO Relationships
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Global monthly and daily precipitation extremes are examined in relation to the El Niño?Southern Oscillation phenomenon. For each month around the annual cycle and in each 2.5° grid block, extremes in the Global Precipitation ...
Tropical Rainfall Distributions Determined Using TRMM Combined with Other Satellite and Rain Gauge Information
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A technique is described to use Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) combined radar?radiometer information to adjust geosynchronous infrared satellite data [the TRMM Adjusted Geostationary Operational Environmental ...