Abstract: haracteristics of Northern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone activity were compared for five concurrent reanalyses: the NCEP?U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reanalysis (herein NCEP?DOE), the Japanese 25-year Reanalysis ...

Abstract: aily rain gauge data over Europe for the period from 1950 to 2009 were used to analyze changes in the duration of wet and dry spells. The duration of wet spells exhibits a statistically significant growth over northern ...