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				   CPC Web Team |  |  | **HOME** > Outlooks > Monthly to Seasonal Outlooks > Tropical Pacific Islands Rainfall > Paper and AtlasThe Climate Prediction Center developed a precipitation climatology for
     66 tropical Pacific basin stations over the period of 1955-96. The main purpose of the climatology is to establish a background for defining
     thresholds of rainfall deficiency amount and duration associated with drought episodes on an individual island-to-island basis.An Updated Rainfall Analysis for Hawaii and US-affiliated Islands**A Precipitation Climatology for Stations in the Tropical Basin; Effects of ENSO****(NCEP/Climate Prediction Center ATLAS No. 5)****By****Yuxiang He, Anthony G. Barnston and Alan C. Hilton**February 1998NOAA/
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     66 tropical Pacific basin stations over the period of 1955-96. The main purpose of the climatology is to establish a background for defining
     thresholds of rainfall deficiency amount and duration associated with drought episodes on an individual island-to-island basis.
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|An Updated Rainfall Analysis for Hawaii and US-affiliated Islands**A Precipitation Climatology for Stations in the Tropical Basin; Effects of ENSO****(NCEP/Climate Prediction Center ATLAS No. 5)****By****Yuxiang He, Anthony G. Barnston and Alan C. Hilton**February 1998                                                                                 
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