Abstract: he utility of a combined modified climate extremes index (mCEI) is presented for monitoring coherent trends in multiple types of climate extremes across large regions. Its usefulness lies in its ability to distill complex ...

Abstract: A revised framework is presented that quantifies observed changes in the climate of the contiguous United States through analysis of a revised version of the U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI). The CEI is based on a set of ...

Abstract: his paper describes an improved edition of the climate division dataset for the conterminous United States (i.e., version 2). The first improvement is to the input data, which now include additional station networks, quality ...

Abstract: The Drought Monitor was started in spring 1999 in response to a need for improved information about the status of drought across the United States. It serves as an example of interagency cooperation in a time of limited ...

Abstract: The global climate in 2000 was again influenced by the long?running Pacific cold episode (La Niña) that began in mid?1998. Consistent with past cold episodes, enhanced convection occurred across the climatologically ...