Sentences with phrase «precipitation extremes indices»

Performance is assessed based on precipitation extremes indices and results from a generalized extreme value analysis applied to annual precipitation maxima.

Not exact matches

In addition to accounting for drought and hurricane winds, the index considers temperature and precipitation extremes in the U.S..

The coverage of extreme precipitation totals and warm temperatures contributed to the fourth highest U.S. Climate Extremes Index in the 106 - year record for the CONUS.

The first piece of Mildrexler and colleagues» effort was the creation of a forest vulnerability index that, in effect, relates climatic drivers of vulnerability, such as extreme temperature and low precipitation, directly to physiological stress factors, which reduce photosynthesis and deteriorate forest health.

The index, which evaluates extremes in temperature and precipitation, as well as landfalling tropical cyclones, was nearly twice the average value and second only to 1998.

Mean temperature, mean monthly precipitation, frequency of hot / cold days / nights, and indices of extreme precipitation are all estimated for each country based on observed and modeled data.

The ECMWF provides data for some climate indices, such as the global mean temperature, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a web site for extreme temperatures and precipitation around the world with an interactive map, showing the warmest and coldest sites on the continents.

The U.S. Climate Extremes Index (USCEI), an index that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the averagExtremes Index (USCEI), an index that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the average vIndex (USCEI), an index that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the average vindex that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the averagextremes in temperature, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S., was a record - large 44 percent during the January - June period, over twice the average value.

Its six chapters cover temperature assessment, precipitation assessment, large - scale climate variability modes and related oscillation indices, extreme events, climate and composition of the atmosphere and cryosphere and sea level.

He presented some climate indices that have been computed from downscaled output and one application, in which precipitation extremes are studied in the context of highway construction and maintenance.

Presents the trends in daily and extreme temperature and precipitation indices in the Caribbean region for records spanning the 1961 — 2010 and 1986 — 2010 intervals

We examine a range of climate extremes, comprising the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily maximum (TX) and minimum (TN) temperatures, the 90th percentile of daily precipitation (PR90), and the 27 core Climate Daily Extremes (CLIMDEX) extremes, comprising the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily maximum (TX) and minimum (TN) temperatures, the 90th percentile of daily precipitation (PR90), and the 27 core Climate Daily Extremes (CLIMDEX) Extremes (CLIMDEX) indices.

In this study, evidence for a nonlinear association between ENSO and precipitation extremes is reassessed by fitting stationary and linear / nonlinear GEV regression models, with the Niño3.4 index as a covariate, to 1 -, 5 -, and 10 - day extended winter precipitation maxima.

The relationship between winter precipitation in North America and indices of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and El Niño — Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is evaluated using non-stationary generalized extreme value distributions with the indices as covariates.

Regional Climate Models projections are used to provide projections of changes in temperature, precipitation, and indices of extremes.

Winter precipitation (mean and extreme) variability and trends along the south coast and interior of Alaska appear to be closely related to variations in the PNA pattern over this timeframe, while El Nino / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences, through the Nino3 index, appear to be significant along the south coast alone.