This study examines the inter-annual variability of rainfall and Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) over west Africa based on analysis Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Reanalysis respectively. An interconnection is found in this region, between anomaly (over Azores St. Helena High) monthly mean pre...

This algorithm was originally developed for application to the SSM/I instrument for the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) (Wilheit et al., 1991) The lowest frequency of the SSM/I was 19.35 GHz so that many heavy rain events could not be measured due to saturation. The use of the form of the rain PDF allowed us to fill in the contribution from these heavy rain rates by extrapolatio...

This paper presents three datasets of anomalies oceanic physical parameters and surface atmospheric fluxes in the northeast region Brazil, geographically limited by 42.5°W - 29.75°W / 20.5°S 1.25°N, calculated from SODA, TROPFLUX GPCP datasets. The DASAF-BNE (Daily Anomalies Surface Atmospheric Fluxes Brazilian Northeast), DRA-BNE Rainfall MAOP-BNE (Monthly Oceanographic Parameters Northeast) a...

This study examines two key parameters of the hydrological cycle, water vapor (WV) and precipitation rates (PR), as modelled by the chemistry transport model MATCH (Model of Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry) driven by National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis data (NRA). For model output evaluation we primarily employ WV total column data from the Global Ozone Monitorin...

Abstract Accurate forecasting of variations in Indian monsoon precipitation and progression on seasonal time scales remains a challenge for prediction centres. We examine skill the seasonal-mean summer its onset European Centre Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) system 5 (SEAS5). analyse hindcasts initialised 1st May, with 51 ensemble members, 36-year period 1981–2016. evaluate against Glob...