Synoptic climatology and recent climate trends at Lake El'gygytgyn

A synoptic climatology of heavy rain events in the Lake Eyre and Lake Frome catchments

Michael J. Pook*, James S. Risbey, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Peter R. Briggs and Timothy J. Cohen 1 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS, Australia 2 Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA 3 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra,...

Synoptic Climatology: An Overview

Uncertainty of Climate Change and Synoptic Parameters and modeling the trends

Recent Climatology, Variability, and Trends in Global Surface Humidity

In situ observations of surface air and dewpoint temperatures and air pressure from over 15 000 weather stations and from ships are used to calculate surface specific (q) and relative (RH) humidity over the globe (60°S–75°N) from December 1975 to spring 2005. Seasonal and interannual variations and linear trends are analyzed in relation to observed surface temperature (T) changes and simulated ...

Recent climate extremes alter alpine lake ecosystems.

Here, we show that alpine lake ecosystems are responsive to interannual variation in climate, based on long-term limnological and meteorological data from the Canadian Rockies. In the 2000s, in years with colder winter temperatures, higher winter snowfall, later snowmelt, shorter ice-free seasons, and dryer summers, relative to the 1990s, alpine lakes became clearer, warmer, and mixed to deeper...