Abstract: The Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF), a cooperative effort between the Climate Analysis Center, NMC/NWS/NOAA (National Meteorological Center/National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ...

Abstract: Thermal inversions induced by regional advection dominate the daytime climate of the central Great Plains during much of the growing season. The influence of these inversions on the turbulent transfer of momentum, sensible ...

Abstract: Spectra of vertical and horizontal velocity, air temperature and humidity fluctuations were analyzed from measurements made over a well-watered alfalfa crop under conditions of sensible heat advection. Vertical velocity ...

Abstract: A regional precipitation analysis from a total of 813 recording stations in 11 West African countries for the drought period 1968?75 is presented. Results illustrate the severity and extent of meteorological drought which ...