Abstract The skill of precipitation forecasts from global prediction systems has a strong regional and seasonal dependence. Quantifying the models for different regions timescales is important, not only to improve forecast skill, but enhance effective uptake information. sub-seasonal (S2S) database contains near real-time re-forecasts 11 operational centres provides great opportunity evaluate c...

java is an object-oriented program that has abundant open-source libraries for application development and 3d model rendering. spatial database is the database that can efficiently store and manage geographic information data though various spatial data management techniques. this paper explores the rationale of coupling java with spatial database to develop an effective platform for future bui...

A new one-decade (1997–2006) dataset of formaldehyde (HCHO) columns retrieved from GOME and SCIAMACHY is compared with HCHO columns simulated by an updated version of the IMAGES global chemical transport model. This model version includes an optimized chemical scheme with respect to HCHO production, where the short-term and final HCHO yields from pyrogenically emitted non-methane volatile organ...

Evaluation of ECMWF water vapour analyses by airborne differential absorption lidar measurements: a case study between Brasil and Europe H. Flentje, A. Dörnbrack, A. Fix, G. Ehret, and E. Hólm Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hohenpeißenberg, Germany DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany European Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK Received: 8 March 2007 – ...

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal in Antarctic precipitation is evaluated using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) operational analyses and ECMWF 15-yr (1979–93) reanalyses. Operational and reanalysis datasets indicate that the ENSO teleconnection with Antarctic precipitation is manifested through a close positive correlation between the Southern Oscillation...

We investigated to what extent the isentropic, non-geostrophic formulation of zonally averaged circulation derived for stratospheric conditions is applicable to climatological transport in the extratropical troposphere and lower stratosphere. The study is based on 10 years of daily data of ECMWF analysis and on the ECHAM3 climate model of the German Climate Computing Centre. The main result is ...

The global availability of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wave mode data from the European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2, as well as ENVISAT, allows for the investigation of the wind field over the ocean on a global and continuous basis. For this purpose, 27 days of ERS-2 SAR wave mode data were processed, representing a total of 34 310 imagettes of size 10 km 5 km, available ...