Abstract The north Indian Ocean accounts for 6% of the global tropical cyclones annually.
Despite the small fraction, some of the most devastating cyclones have formed in this basin …

This study contributes to the discussion on possible effects of El Niño on North
Atlantic/European regional climates. We use NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data to show how the …

The annual cycle of precipitation over the southern part of Mexico and Central America
exhibits a bimodal distribution with maxima during June and September–October and a …

Deep convection over tropical oceans is observed generally above a threshold for sea
surface temperatures,,,, which falls in the vicinity of 26–28° C. High-resolution models …

The timing and abruptness of the initiation and termination of the Early Holocene African
Humid Period are subjects of ongoing debate, with direct consequences for our …

A modeling study is conducted to gain insight into the factors that control the intensity and
organization of tropical convection, and in particular to examine if organization occurs in the …

A Poisson regression between the observed climatology of tropical cyclogenesis (TCG) and
large-scale climate variables is used to construct a TCG index. The regression methodology …

The relationship among clouds, surface radiation flux, and the sea surface temperature
(SST) of the tropical western Pacific Ocean over the diurnal cycle is addressed in the context …

Global Warming: The Hard Science presents a comprehensive, qualitatively rigorous, and
critical discussion of the science underlying the global warming issue. The major processes …

Questions regarding the upper limits on tropical sea surface temperatures and the
processes determining those limits have recently come under renewed interest and debate …