Abstract: Wind speed records from twelve Ocean Weather Stations (OWS's) are compared to estimates from transient ships in the general vicinity of the on-station OWS position. Measured and estimated winds from transient ships within ...

Abstract: The history of climatic divisions in the contiguous United States has been pieced together from fragmentary documentation. Each of the 48 contiguous states has been subdivided into climatic divisions. Divisional boundaries ...

Abstract: Economic losses during the hot, dry summer of 1980 were estimated at $16 billion. Despite these substantial economic losses, analyses of historical (1895?1980) monthly temperature and precipitation data across the 48 ...

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Abstract: Time series of temperature and precipitation weighted by area and grouped by season for each of the 48 contiguous United States were analyzed. Within an 83-year period of record (1895?1977) three subperiods or climatic ...

Abstract: Analysis of monthly-mean temperature and precipitation data for each of the 48 contiguous United States for the 1976?77 through 1978?79 winter seasons shows that the temperature and precipitation departures from the long-term ...

Abstract: Analysis of merchant ship observations reveals a sharp ridge of high wave frequency along the axis of the Benguela Current, nearly coincident with the major shipping lane in that area. The authors could find no other ...

Abstract: The 1976?77 winter season is compared with earlier winters with respect to temperature and beating degree days. Comparisons are based on 1) station data; 2) composite indices derived from a combination of a few very long-term ...

Abstract: Site-specific total electric energy and heating oil consumption for individual residences show a very high correlation with National Weather Service airport temperature data when transformed to heating degree days. ...

Abstract: The network of about 5600 cooperative stations in the United States provides the baseline temperature data upon which most climatologies are based. Since the data serve between 40 000 and 50 000 primary users each year, ...