1. Assessing non-linear variation of temperature and precipitation for different growth periods of maize and their impacts on phenology in the Midwest of Jilin Province, China

   • Enliang Guo
   • Jiquan Zhang
   • Si Ha

   Original Paper 12 April 2017 Pages: 685 - 699

   

2. New alternatives for reference evapotranspiration estimation in West Africa using limited weather data and ancillary data supply strategies.

   • Gorka Landeras
   • Emmanuel Bekoe
   • Jalal Shiri

   Original Paper 12 April 2017 Pages: 701 - 716

   

3. Backcasting long-term climate data: evaluation of hypothesis

   • Bahram Saghafian
   • Sara Ghasemi Aghbalaghi
   • Mohsen Nasseri

   Original Paper 17 April 2017 Pages: 717 - 726

   

4. ENSO shifts and their link to Southern Africa surface air temperature in summer

   • D. Manatsa
   • G. Mukwada
   • L. Makaba

   Original Paper 17 April 2017 Pages: 727 - 738

   

5. Trends and variability of cloud fraction cover in the Arctic, 1982–2009

   • Mauro Boccolari
   • Flavio Parmiggiani

   Original Paper 18 April 2017 Pages: 739 - 749

   

6. Investigation of the complexity of streamflow fluctuations in a large heterogeneous lake catchment in China

   • Xuchun Ye
   • Chong-Yu Xu
   • Qi Zhang

   Original Paper 19 April 2017 Pages: 751 - 762

   

7. Multiscale combination of climate model simulations and proxy records over the last millennium

   • Xin Chen
   • Pei Xing
   • Qinhua Tian

   Original Paper 20 April 2017 Pages: 763 - 777

   

8. Feedback process responsible for the suppression of ENSO activity during the mid-Holocene

   • Soon-Il An
   • Hayoung Bong

   Original Paper 20 April 2017 Pages: 779 - 790

   

9. Risk assessment of flood disaster and forewarning model at different spatial-temporal scales

   • Jun Zhao
   • Juliang Jin
   • Yaqian Chen

   Original Paper 24 April 2017 Pages: 791 - 808

   

10. The exceptionally wet year of 2014 over Greece: a statistical and synoptical-atmospheric analysis over the region of Thessaloniki

    • Konstantia Tolika
    • Panagiotis Maheras
    • Christina Anagnostopoulou

    Original Paper 25 April 2017 Pages: 809 - 821

    

11. Risk assessment of precipitation extremes in northern Xinjiang, China

    • Jun Yang
    • Ying Pei
    • Quansheng Ge

    Original Paper Open access 25 April 2017 Pages: 823 - 834

    

12. Observational evidence for the relationship between spring soil moisture and June rainfall over the Indian region

    • B. KanthaRao
    • V. Rakesh

    Original Paper 26 April 2017 Pages: 835 - 849

    

13. The reliable solution and computation time of variable parameters logistic model

    • Pengfei Wang
    • Xinnong Pan

    Original Paper 27 April 2017 Pages: 851 - 855

    

14. An analysis of spatial representativeness of air temperature monitoring stations

    • Suhua Liu
    • Hongbo Su
    • Weizhen Wang

    Original Paper 28 April 2017 Pages: 857 - 865

    

15. Climatic change on the Gulf of Fonseca (Central America) using two-step statistical downscaling of CMIP5 model outputs

    • Jaime Ribalaygua
    • Emma Gaitán
    • Robert Monjo

    Original Paper 28 April 2017 Pages: 867 - 883

    

16. Performance and evaluation of a coupled prognostic model TAPM over a mountainous complex terrain industrial area

    • Vasileios N. Matthaios
    • Athanasios G. Triantafyllou
    • Stelios Garas

    Original Paper Open access 28 April 2017 Pages: 885 - 903

    

17. Uganda rainfall variability and prediction

    • Mark R. Jury

    Original Paper 29 April 2017 Pages: 905 - 919

    

18. Are satellite products good proxies for gauge precipitation over Singapore?

    • Jina Hur
    • Srivatsan V. Raghavan
    • Shie-Yui Liong

    Original Paper 29 April 2017 Pages: 921 - 932

    

19. Temperature-precipitation relationship of the Common Era in northern Europe

    • Tomi P. Luoto
    • Liisa Nevalainen

    Original Paper 01 May 2017 Pages: 933 - 938

    

20. Drought analysis in the Tons River Basin, India during 1969-2008

    • Sarita Gajbhiye Meshram
    • Randhir Gautam
    • Ercan Kahya

    Original Paper 01 May 2017 Pages: 939 - 951

    

21. Multi-scale impacts of the Pacific SST and PDO on the summer precipitation of North-Central China from 1870 to 2002

    • Shuoben Bi
    • Ying Qu
    • Tingting Jiang

    Original Paper 05 May 2017 Pages: 953 - 963

    

22. Characteristics of southern California atmospheric rivers

    • Sarah M. Harris
    • Leila M. V. Carvalho

    Original Paper 05 May 2017 Pages: 965 - 981

    

23. Evaluation of radiative fluxes over the north Indian Ocean

    • M. R. Ramesh Kumar
    • Rachel T. Pinker
    • W. Chen

    Original Paper 05 May 2017 Pages: 983 - 988

    

24. Assessment of CMIP5 historical simulations of rainfall over Southeast Asia

    • Srivatsan V Raghavan
    • Jiandong Liu
    • Shie-Yui Liong

    Original Paper 08 May 2017 Pages: 989 - 1002

    

25. An analysis of the effects of temperatures and circulations on the strength of the low-level jet in the Turkana Channel in East Africa

    • Adam T. Hartman

    Original Paper 08 May 2017 Pages: 1003 - 1017

    

26. Weekday AOD smaller than weekend AOD in eastern China on the basis of the MODIS AOD product

    • Jingjing Song
    • Xiangao Xia
    • Xiaojing Li

    Original Paper 12 May 2017 Pages: 1019 - 1027

    

27. Future changes of temperature and heat waves in Ontario, Canada

    • Zhong Li
    • Guohe Huang
    • Yurui Fan

    Original Paper 13 May 2017 Pages: 1029 - 1038

    

28. Estimation of actual evapotranspiration in the Nagqu river basin of the Tibetan Plateau

    • Mijun Zou
    • Lei Zhong
    • Lu Feng

    Original Paper 15 May 2017 Pages: 1039 - 1047

    

29. Change features and regional distribution of temperature trend and variability joint mode in mainland China

    • Xi Chen
    • Ning Li
    • Ye Wang

    Original Paper 15 May 2017 Pages: 1049 - 1055

    

30. Multi-criterion model ensemble of CMIP5 surface air temperature over China

    • Tiantian Yang
    • Yumeng Tao
    • Xiaoming Zhang

    Original Paper 15 May 2017 Pages: 1057 - 1072

    

31. Narrowing the surface temperature range in CMIP5 simulations over the Arctic

    • Mingju Hao
    • Jianbin Huang
    • Ying Xu

    Original Paper 16 May 2017 Pages: 1073 - 1088

    

32. Multisite stochastic simulation of daily precipitation from copula modeling with a gamma marginal distribution

    • Taesam Lee

    Original Paper 17 May 2017 Pages: 1089 - 1098

    

33. Evaluation of spatial and temporal characteristics of GNSS-derived ZTD estimates in Nigeria

    • Olalekan Adekunle Isioye
    • Ludwig Combrinck
    • Joel Botai

    Original Paper 17 May 2017 Pages: 1099 - 1116

    

34. Possible connection between the East Asian summer monsoon and a swing of the haze-fog-prone area in eastern China

    • Qian Liu
    • Ziqi Cao
    • Jingyi Qiu

    Original Paper 20 May 2017 Pages: 1117 - 1127

    

35. Near-surface air temperature lapse rate in a humid mountainous terrain on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas

    • Dambaru Ballab Kattel
    • Tandong Yao
    • Prajjwal Kumar Panday

    Original Paper 21 May 2017 Pages: 1129 - 1141

    

36. A critical analysis of one standard and five methods to monitor surface wetness and time-of-wetness

    • Dario Camuffo
    • Antonio della Valle
    • Francesca Becherini

    Original Paper 23 May 2017 Pages: 1143 - 1151

    

37. Towards bridging the gap between climate change projections and maize producers in South Africa

    • Willem A. Landman
    • Francois Engelbrecht
    • Jacobus van der Merwe

    Original Paper 23 May 2017 Pages: 1153 - 1163

    

38. Modeling plant density and ponding water effects on flooded rice evapotranspiration and crop coefficients: critical discussion about the concepts used in current methods

    • Vassilis Aschonitis
    • Maria Diamantopoulou
    • Dimitris Papamichail

    Original Paper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1165 - 1186

    

39. Spatiotemporal changes of freezing/thawing indices and their response to recent climate change on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau from 1980 to 2013

    • Tonghua Wu
    • Yanhui Qin
    • Changwei Xie

    Original Paper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1187 - 1199

    

40. The second most disastrous windstorm of the nineteenth century in the Czech Lands, 26-27 October 1870

    • Rudolf Brázdil
    • Peter Stucki
    • Silvie Suchánková

    Original Paper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1201 - 1216

    

41. Statistical assessment of changes in extreme maximum temperatures over Saudi Arabia, 1985–2014

    • Bechir Raggad

    Original Paper 24 May 2017 Pages: 1217 - 1235

    

42. A distinction between summer rainy season and summer monsoon season over the Central Highlands of Vietnam

    • Huong Ngo-Thanh
    • Thanh Ngo-Duc
    • Tan Phan-Van

    Original Paper 25 May 2017 Pages: 1237 - 1246

    

43. Probability of occurrence of monthly and seasonal winter precipitation over Northwest India based on antecedent-monthly precipitation

    • M.M. Nageswararao
    • U.C. Mohanty
    • Krishna K. Osuri

    Original Paper 26 May 2017 Pages: 1247 - 1259

    

44. Variability of cold season surface air temperature over northeastern China and its linkage with large-scale atmospheric circulations

    • Yuanhuang Zhuang
    • Jingyong Zhang
    • Lin Wang

    Original Paper 26 May 2017 Pages: 1261 - 1273

    

45. Modified physiologically equivalent temperature—basics and applications for western European climate

    • Yung-Chang Chen
    • Andreas Matzarakis

    Original Paper 27 May 2017 Pages: 1275 - 1289

    

46. Optimization of the time series NDVI-rainfall relationship using linear mixed-effects modeling for the anti-desertification area in the Beijing and Tianjin sandstorm source region

    • Jin Wang
    • Tao Sun
    • Xinjie Wang

    Original Paper 28 May 2017 Pages: 1291 - 1301

    

47. Homogenization of Tianjin monthly near-surface wind speed using RHtestsV4 for 1951–2014

    • Peng Si
    • Chuanjun Luo
    • Dongpo Liang

    Original Paper Open access 13 May 2017 Pages: 1303 - 1320

    

48. Erratum to: Homogenization of Tianjin monthly near-surface wind speed using RHtestsV4 for 1951–2014

    • Peng Si
    • Chuanjun Luo
    • Dongpo Liang

    Erratum 06 July 2017 Pages: 1321 - 1321