
Global Precipitation Summary for January 2025
Download Headlines: The La Nina rainfall anomaly pattern from the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific remains strong Extension of the alternating La Nina
Download Headlines: The La Nina rainfall anomaly pattern from the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific remains strong Extension of the alternating La Nina
Download Headlines: Record-setting global surface temperature associated with record (or near record) global precipitation amount, despite absence of major El Nino El Nino to weak
Download Headlines: The La Nina rainfall anomaly pattern strengthens across tropics from Indian Ocean to Americas Drought in southwest U.S. and Mexico with wildfires
Download Headlines La Nina rainfall anomaly pattern evident across tropics from Indian Ocean to Americas Floods and landslides across Maritime Continent, Philippines, Sri Lanka
Download Headlines North America overwhelmingly dry, except for southern Rocky Mountains and Florida La Nina rainfall anomaly pattern evident in the Western Pacific along
This week, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) released its annual State of the Climate report in 2023. Compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information,
Headlines Near-neutral July ENSO conditions associated with precipitation patterns somewhat resembling the global precipitation trend (1983-2024) pattern Floods and landsides were associated with heavy
Several current and former ESSIC/CISESS scientists are co-authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrometeorology titled “Evaluation of Snowfall Retrieval Performance of GPM Constellation Radiometers Relative to Spaceborne Radars”. Former ESSIC scientist Yalei You was first author on the paper. Current ESSIC/CISESS scientists on the paper are Veljko Petkovic, Lisa Milani, John Yang, and Guojun Gu.
ESSIC/CISESS scientists Guojun Gu and Robert Adler have a new article in Climate Dynamics that examines changes in global precipitation during the satellite (post-1979) era using the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) V2.3 monthly precipitation analysis. They compared GPCP data with results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) and the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP5) with the goal of improving current understanding of the effects of major physical mechanisms on precipitation change. They also aimed to assess the skills of current climate models and discover some clues for diagnosing possible limitations in observed precipitation.
ESSIC/CISESS scientists Robert Adler, Guojun Gu, and Huan Wu have a new article in Journal of Flood Risk Management that examines results from the UMD/ESSIC Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS) and various remote-sensing-based flood products in the context of the major 2019 flood in Mozambique.