ABOUT THE COVER El Niño struck again lately, robbing many farmers. In this issue, we feature how rice farmers survived the drought spell and the technologies that help contain…

Slide 1 Slide 2 El Nino is a shift in ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions in the tropical Pacific that disrupts weather around the world. It is a poorly understood…

Slide 1Seasonal Climate Forecast Dec. 2012 – Feb. 2013 (Issued: November 15, 2012) This Product is Published by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), in Cooperation…

Slide 1 How Climate Can Be Predicted Why Some Predictability Exists, and How Predictions Can Be Made Slide 2 Seasonal/interannual predictability comes from factors that exert…

Slide 1 2014 NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON (NAM) OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO Attempting to predict precipitation amounts associated with the North American Monsoon…

Slide 1 Made by Michael Kramer Slide 2 Coriolis Effect Apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system Object doesn’t deviate…

Slide 1 ENSO Cycle: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions Vernon E. Kousky and R. Wayne Higgins Climate Prediction Center / NCEP October 2004 Slide 2 Synopsis…

Figure 3. (lower panel) The cumulative flow excess or deficiency â how much each water yearâs flow at Atascadero (measured in inches of runoff at Patterson) varied from…

SOUTH AMERICAN CLIMATE DYNAMICS - A GENERAL VIEW Tércio Ambrizzi Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of São Paulo 1ST IBERO-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE DYNAMICS,…

Gyres and Currents Gyres and Currents Made by Michael Kramer Coriolis Effect Apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system Object…