Abstract: The author presents a cumulus parameterization that uses a cloud model that describes atmospheric convection as consisting of a sequence of intermittently rising thermals. The total mass of thermals in a convection event ...

Abstract: Recent studies have identified two sources alternating their dominant roles in the interannual summer rainfall variations in the central United States. One is the ENSO cycle in the tropical Pacific, and the other is the ...

Abstract: The author revisits the singular value decomposition (SVD) method and shows that the nonuniqueness of the left and right singular vectors related to SVD posts limitations on applications of the method. Caution should be ...

Abstract: The North American summer monsoon holds the key to understanding warm season rainfall variations in the region from northern Mexico to the Southwest and the central United States. Studies of the monsoon have pictured mosaic ...

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Abstract: Although affected by atmospheric circulations, variations in soil temperature result primarily from the radiation and sensible and latent heat exchanges at the surface and heat transfer in the soils of different thermal ...

Abstract: Understanding climate effects on crop yield has been a continuous endeavor aiming at improving farming technology and management strategy, minimizing negative climate effects, and maximizing positive climate effects on ...

Abstract: nterannual and multidecadal time-scale anomalies in sea surface temperatures (SST) of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans could result in persistent atmospheric circulation and regional precipitation anomalies for ...

Abstract: The following questions are addressed in this study using an array of data and statistical methods: 1) does the North American monsoon region have a single dominant monsoon system; 2) if it has more than one, what are they; ...

Abstract: Summer rainfall in the central United States has singular interannual variations of a 3?6-yr period. Identifying the causes of these variations assures improvement in predictions of summer rainfall in the region. A review ...