Kevin E. Trenberth

Signal Versus Noise in the Southern Oscillation

The utility of a simple index for monitoring the Southern Oscillation signal is explored in detail. Based upon sea level pressure data at the two stations Tahiti (T) and Darwin ...

Decadal atmosphere-ocean variations in the Pacific

Recent Observed Interdecadal Climate Changes in the Northern Hemisphere

The largest increases in surface temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere in the decade prior to 1988 were in Alaska, while substantial decreases occurred in the North Pacific ...

Evaluation of the Global Atmospheric Moisture Budget as Seen from Analyses

For the period 1987 to 1993, quantities central to the global moisture budget from the global analyses of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the U.S...