Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

ICU 163 support material

Sponsored · Your Podcast. Everywhere. Effortlessly. Share. Educate. Inspire. Entertain. You do you. We'll handle the rest.

ICU 163 support material

Support material for the Island Climate Update teleconference (ICU 163, forecast period April - May 2014)

Avatar for Nicolas Fauchereau

Nicolas Fauchereau

April 01, 2014
Tweet

More Decks by Nicolas Fauchereau

Other Decks in Science

Transcript

  1. Island  Climate  Update  163   Forecast  period:   April  –

     June  2014   Teleconference  Thursday    3rd  of  April  2014   (12:30  AM  NZ  Ame)   4/04/14   1  
  2. 1)  Some  words  on  Rainfall  /  ConvecAon,  circulaAon  and  SST

     anomalies   last  month  (March  2014)   2)  ENSO  (Pacific  Ocean  –  Atmosphere  system):  situaAon  and  forecast     3)  Madden-­‐Julian  OscillaAon  (MJO)  diagnosAcs  and  forecasts     4)  METPI  Rainfall  Forecast     5)  METPI  SST  Forecast     4/04/14   2   Outline    
  3. 4/04/14   6   •  Well  below  =  <  40

     %  of  normal   •  Below  =  between  40  and  80  %   •  Normal  =  between  80  and  120  %   •  Above  =  between  120  and  160  %   •  Well  above  =  >  160  %   Past  6  months  rainfall  anomalies  for  ICU  Islands  group  (TRMM)   Experimental  product  
  4. SOI  and  SST  NINO  INDICES   4/04/14   Datasource  =

     BoM  (h_p://www.bom.gov.au/ climate/enso/)   10  
  5. The  ENSO  Precipita<on  Index  (ESPI)  for  the  last  30  days

     (3rd  Apr.)  is  0.5    (was  0.36  last  month)   SOI  and  ESPI  INDICES   4/04/14   h_p://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/ Events/thirty_day.html   11  
  6. Ocean  sub-­‐surface  temp  anomalies  (TAO)   4/04/14   http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/jsdisplay/ 13

      h_p://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/intraseasonal/heat_tlon.shtml