Abstract: Mesoscale model gridpoint temperature data from simulations in the southwestern United States during the summer of 1990 are compared with both observations and statistical guidance from large-scale models over a 32-day ...

Abstract: Over the past few decades, heat-island related temperature increases in Phoenix, Arizona have been similar to the temperature increases predicted in a number of greenhouse simulation experiments. In this investigation, we ...

Abstract: The selection of the proper clustering procedure to use in the development of an objective synoptic methodology may have far-reaching implications on the composition of the final ?homogeneous? groupings. The goal of this ...

Abstract: Areal extents of monthly and seasonal North American snow cover were correlated with precipitation totals, precipitation frequency, and severe weather associated with the North American monsoon. Significant relationships ...