Abstract: Large-scale observed precipitation climatologies are needed for a variety of purposes in the fields of climate and environmental modeling. Although new satellite-derived precipitation estimates offer the prospect of ...

Abstract: The construction of a 0.5° lat ? 0.5° long surface climatology of global land areas, excluding Antarctica, is described. The climatology represents the period 1961?90 and comprises a suite of nine variables: precipitation, ...

Abstract: The authors describe the construction of a 0.5° lat?long gridded dataset of monthly terrestrial surface climate for the period of 1901?96. The dataset comprises a suite of seven climate elements: precipitation, mean ...

Abstract: A Bayesian statistical model developed to produce probabilistic projections of regional climate change using observations and ensembles of general circulation models (GCMs) is applied to evaluate the probability distribution ...

Abstract: nderstanding observed changes to the global water cycle is key to predicting future climate changes and their impacts. While many datasets document crucial variables such as precipitation, ocean salinity, runoff, and ...