Rainfall events can be characterized as "pulses", which are discrete and variable episodes that can significantly influence the structure and function of desert ecosystems, including shifts in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP). To determine the threshold and hierarchical response of rainfall event size on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI, a proxy for ANPP) and the diff...

Chinese speleothems (cave deposits) preserve a remarkable paleoclimate record in their oxygen isotope ratios (d18O); the precise interpretation of this record has been the subject of stimulating discussion. Most studies link the d18O variability in Chinese speleothems to regional summer monsoon rainfall and/or rainfall integrated between tropical sources and cave sites. Discussion has centered ...

[1] This study addressed the diurnal cycle of rainfall during the summer monsoon season (May to September) around the Indochina peninsula, with a focus on the diurnal cycle’s relationship to terrain. The investigation used 10 year (1998–2007) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Precipitation Radar (TRMM‐PR) observations. Results revealed that the diurnal variations in rainfall over the Indochin...

(Received) This study explores an information-theoretic/log-linear approach to multivariate time series analysis. The method is applied to daily rainfall data (4 sites, 9 years), originally quantitative but here treated as dichotomous. The analysis ascertains which lagged variables are most predictive of future rainfall and how season can be optimally deened as an auxiliary predicting parameter...

The topic is very relevant and important because seasonal prediction is still a very active area of research. Thus, any advance in this area will be welcome. However, I am not convinced about the interpretation and the mechanism that connects mixing in summer with rainfall in winter. As the authors mention other works have already found a connection between summertime north Atlantic SST and win...

The construction and operation of a new device for automatic sampling of runoff during rainfall events is described. It is easily made, simple to use, not vulnerable to operational disturbances, and inexpensive, thus allowing use at many sites with reasonable costs. The basic principle is to use the weight of the rain to trigger the sample collection. To test the utility of the device, runoff d...