Abstract: Rotated principal component (RPC) analysis, subject to the varimax criterion and including area weighting, is applied to a 58-yr record (1931?88) of monthly- and seasonal-mean Climatic Division precipitation anomalies for ...

Abstract: The coupled atmosphere?ocean system in the equatorial eastern Pacific and Atlantic exhibits a distinct annual cycle that is reflected in contrasting conditions at the times of the two equinoxes. The contrasts are so strong ...

Abstract: ENSO-related seasonal-to-interannual variability in the Pacific basin is documented, based on marine surface observations of monthly mean sea surface temperature, sea level pressure, and wind, together with satellite-based ...

Abstract: Relationships among the atmospheric phenomena associated with the Southern Oscillation and El Niño are investigated, using the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) of marine surface observations from ships of ...

Abstract: AbstractThis paper examines the synoptic conditions that yield extreme precipitation in two regions with different orographic features, the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound. To capture orographic extreme precipitation, a ...