Abstract: n analysis of extreme daily precipitation events that occurred in the south-central United States during May and June 2010 is carried out using gridded station data and reanalysis products in use at the National Centers ...

Abstract: A comparison of the statistics of daily precipitation over the conterminous United States is carried out using gridded station data and three generations of reanalysis products in use at the National Centers for Environmental ...

Abstract: Due to its long record length (approximately 25 years), the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) dataset has been used in a multitude of climatological studies including studies on tropical circulation and convection, the El ...

Abstract: The longest record of precipitation estimated from satellites is the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) precipitation index (OPI), which is based on polar-orbiting infrared observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution ...

Abstract: The Climate Forecast System (CFS), the fully coupled ocean?land?atmosphere dynamical seasonal prediction system, which became operational at NCEP in August 2004, is described and evaluated in this paper. The CFS provides ...