Abstract: Indochina is located between two extensively researched components of the Asian monsoon system: the Indian subcontinent and southeast?east Asia. Highly correlated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Abstract: he Amazon rain forest may undergo significant change in response to future climate change. To determine the likelihood and causes of such changes, the authors analyzed the output of 24 models from the Intergovernmental ...

Abstract: It is not unreasonable to expect that boreal forests that exist along 60°N in the Eurasian and North American continents were created and are maintained by warm seasonal rainfall. As revealed from satellite observations ...

Abstract: Using the NCEP?NCAR reanalysis data for the past four decades (1954?97), the interdecadal variation of the North Pacific winter blocking is examined. A noticeable impact on this blocking activity exerted by the Pacific ...

Abstract: In an approach termed the PER method, where the key input variables are observed precipitation P and runoff R and estimated evaporation, the authors apply the basin water budget equation to diagnose the long-term variability ...

Abstract: sing multiple observational and model datasets, the authors document a strengthening relationship between boreal winter sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) in the western North Pacific (WNP) and the development of ...

Abstract: The occurrence frequency of the east Asian cold surge exhibits an interannual variation in concert with the El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. That is, the cold surge occurs more (less) frequently during warm (cold) ...

Abstract: simple method was developed to forecast 3- and 6-month standardized precipitation indices (SPIs) for the prediction of meteorological drought over the contiguous United States based on precipitation seasonal forecasts from ...

Abstract: estern Nepal has experienced consecutive and worsening winter drought conditions since 2000, culminating in a severe drought episode during 2008/09. In this study, the meteorological conditions and a historical perspective ...