1. Check all of the following terms, definitions, and ideas of basic climate statistics with which you already have a comfortable familiarity/understanding:
2. Given sufficient time, which one of the following topics would you most like to be covered in addition to those (unspecified) that the instructor considers mandatory (Choose only one):
3. Where are the Atlantic and Pacific Warm pools (WP) located?
4. The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is strongest during _____.
5. La Nina is associated with _____.
6. The term, \"Southern Oscillation,\" is primarily used to describe _____.
7. To date, have you used or referred to the MJO in your work?
8. The variability of the MJO is most closely associated with what time scale?
9. There are always 8 or 9 distinct MJO events each year.
10. Which of the below items are hypothesized to initiate and/or maintain MJO activity?
11. In what order do droughts generally develop?
12. The U.S. Drought Monitor uses the CPC weekly PDSI values almost exclusively to objectively determine drought intensity.
13. Droughts generally occur on the following time scales:
14. Which of the following indices is not routinely used for drought monitoring:
15. Both sea surface temperatures and land-atmospheric feedback mechanisms have been shown to be important in both the development and maintenance of drought.
16.
Referring to the temperature and precipitation forecasts, choose the correct probabilities for above-, near-, and below-average temps for Central Iowa.
17. Which of the following factors influence the seasonal forecast? (Choose all that apply.)
18. Which of the following tools is not used in the preparation of the extended-range forecasts?
19. Which response ranks the skill of CPC temperature forecasts from highest to lowest?