The effect of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) in the eastern Pacific on the North American monsoon is documented using NCEP–NCAR reanalysis and daily mean precipitation data from 1958 to 2003. It is found that positive zonal wind anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific lead to above-normal precipitation in northwest Mexico and Arizona from several days to over a week later. This connectio...

According to model predictions, the most significant manifestation of climate change would be an acceleration of the global water cycle, leading to increased global precipitation. Knowledge of global precipitation is needed in order to investigate the existence of significant global trends in the rate of the water cycle. Quantitative measurement of the time and space distribution of precipitati...

daily precipitation data from aphrodite's water resources with a spatial resolution of 0.25ëšfor 57 years has been used to detect the trend of precipitation in azerbaijan republic. first of all monthly, seasonal and yearly maps and regional mean time series calculated. according to the annual map mean annual precipitation of the country is about 410 m.m there are two precipitation maximal ...

The interpretation of model precipitation output (e.g., as a gridpoint estimate versus as an areal mean) has a large impact on the evaluation and comparison of simulated daily extreme rainfall indices from climate models. It is first argued that interpretation as a gridpoint estimate (i.e., corresponding to station data) is incorrect. The impacts of this interpretation versus the areal mean int...

Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) are critical data sources for hydrological prediction and extreme event monitoring, especially for ungauged basins. This study conducted a comprehensive hydrological evaluation of six mainstream SPPs (i.e., TMPA 3B42RT, CMORPH-RT, PERSIANN-RT, TMPA 3B42V7, CMORPH-CRT, and PERSIANN-CDR) over humid Xixian basin in central eastern China for a period of 14 ye...

*Correspondence: Alexandre M. Ramos, Faculdade de Ciências, Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Edf. C8, Piso 3, Sala 8.3.1, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal e-mail: [email protected] The relationships between atmospheric circulation patterns and daily Iberian rainfall are here explored at high spatial resolution (0.2◦) using the Jenkinson and Collison automated classification sch...

Satellite-based precipitation estimates with high spatial and temporal resolution and large areal coverage provide a potential alternative source of forcing data for hydrological models in regions where conventional in situ precipitation measurements are not readily available. The La Plata basin in South America provides a good example of a case where the use of satellite-derived precipitation ...

introduction the dynamic state index (dsi) is being introduced on the basis of a newly developed theory termed the energy-vorticity theory (evt). as a weather index, the dsi can describe the temporal sequence and intensity of areas of high and low pressure; but as a climate index, it can also diagnose climate change based on the variation in solar radiation or the influences of friction. in phy...