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Interpreting Annual Rainfall from the Levels of Lake Victoria
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper presents a water balance model for Lake Victoria that can be inverted to estimate annual rainfall over the lake. The model is calibrated using a fixed value of evaporation and the regression expressions for ...
Comparison of the GPCP and CMAP Merged Gauge–Satellite Monthly Precipitation Products for the Period 1979–2001
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The two monthly precipitation products of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP) are compared on a 23-yr period, January 1979?December ...
NOAA’s 1981–2010 U.S. Climate Normals: Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall, and Snow Depth
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he 1981?2010 ?U.S. Climate Normals? released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center include a suite of monthly, seasonal, and annual statistics that are based on ...
1981–2010 U.S. Hourly Normals
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: 2010 U.S. Climate Normals released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) include a suite of descriptive statistics based on hourly observations. For each hour ...
Drought Amelioration: An Engagement-to-Implementation Success Story
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Enhancing the Data Coverage in the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) is a collection of historical and near-real-time radiosonde and pilot balloon observations from around the globe. Consisting of a foundational dataset of individual ...
Understanding Differences in Sea Surface Temperature Intercomparisons
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
NOAA's 1981–2010 U.S. Climate Normals: An Overview
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: nal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the 1981?2010 U.S. Climate Normals in July 2011, representing the latest decadal installment of this long-standing product line. Climatic averages (and other ...
Understanding Differences in Sea Surface Temperature Intercomparisons
Publisher: American Meteorological Society