Climate indices help to describe the past, present, and the future climate. They are usually
closer related to possible impacts and are therefore more illustrative to users than simple …

Climatological normals are widely used baselines for the description and the
characterization of a given meteorological situation. The World Meteorological Organization …

Ahmed, KF, G. Wang, J. Silander, AM Wilson, JM Allen, R. Horton, and R. Anyah, 2013:
Statistical downscaling and bias correction of climate model outputs for climate change …

High-resolution, bias-corrected climate data are necessary for climate impact studies at local
scales. Gridded historical data are convenient for bias correction but may contain biases …

WMO-recommended 30-yr normals are no longer generally useful for the design, planning,
and decision-making purposes for which they were intended. They not only have little …

In earlier work, it was proposed that the reliability of climate change projections, particularly
of regional rainfall, could be improved if such projections were calibrated using quantitative …

Seasonal forecasting models are increasingly being used to forecast application‐relevant
aspects of upcoming climatic conditions, often summarised by climate indices. Little is …

Seasonal climate predictions can assist with timely preparations for extreme episodes, such
as dry or wet periods that have associated additional risks of droughts, fires and challenges …

Eleven alternatives to the annually updated 30-yr average for specifying climate “normals”
are considered for the purpose of projecting nonstationarity in the mean US temperature …

This paper describes an improved edition of the climate division dataset for the
conterminous United States (ie, version 2). The first improvement is to the input data, which …