Improved seasonal drought forecasts using reference evapotranspiration anomalies

Sensitivity of Seasonal Climate Forecasts to Persisted SST Anomalies

Using Climate Forecasts for Drought Management

Drought hazards, and the ability to mitigate them with advance warning, offer potentially valuable applications of climate forecast products. Yet the value is often untapped, owing to the gap between climate science and societal decisions. This study bridged that gap; it determined forecast needs among water managers, translated forecasts to meet those needs, and shaped drought decision making ...

Ocean Initialization for Seasonal Forecasts

The potential for climate predictability at seasonal time scales resides in information provided by the ocean initial conditions, in particular the upper thermal structure. Currently, several operational centres issue routine seasonal forecasts produced with coupled ocean-atmosphere models, requiring real-time knowledge of the state of the global ocean. Seasonal forecasting needs the calibratio...

Prediction of the Reference Evapotranspiration Using a Chaotic Approach

Evapotranspiration is one of the most important hydrological variables in the context of water resources management. An attempt was made to understand and predict the dynamics of reference evapotranspiration from a nonlinear dynamical perspective in this study. The reference evapotranspiration data was calculated using the FAO Penman-Monteith equation with the observed daily meteorological data...

Using Modified Bellani Plate Evapotranspiration Gauges to Estimate Short Canopy Reference Evapotranspiration

Modified Bellani plate atmometer has been offered as an alternative and simpler technique to combination-based equations to estimate evapotranspiration ~ET! rate from green grass surface. However, there is a lack of information on its’ accuracy in humid climates. The evaporation rate sEAd from one type of atmometer marketed under the brand name ETgage® ~or ETG! with a Number 30 green canvas cov...