Phillip A ArkinPhillip A. Arkin has over forty years of experience as an innovative research scientist and leader at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Columbia University; and the University of Maryland, where he currently works. He has plyed a leading role in shaping the use of satellite data to estimate precipitation for climate studies and created the first system to use weather model analyses for climate monitoring and research. He has initiated and led several international research projects and has mentored a diverse collection of young scientists who have gone on to fruitful careers in climate science. He has published nearly 100 papers in the weather and climate literature, most of them focused on the climate datasets and their applications that are the subject of this book. He is Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (2000), recipient of the Hugh Robert Mill Award from the Royal Meteorology Society (2004), and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Maryland. Read More Read Less