This study evaluated the impacts of three water application treatments—potential evapotranspiration (PET), crop‐specific evapotranspiration (Crop‐ET) and rainfed (no irrigation)—on the growth, yield and quality of sweet corn ( Zea mays ) via shallow subsurface drip irrigation. During the 2022 growing season, the study utilised a randomised split‐plot design with four sweet corn hybrids (Ambrosia F1 SE, Temptress F1 SG, Honey a...

Forty years (1980–2019) of reanalysis data were used to investigate climatology and trends of heat stress in the Caribbean region. Represented via the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), a multivariate thermophysiological‐relevant parameter, the highest heat stress is found to be most frequent and geographically widespread during the rainy season (August, September, and October). UTCI trends indicate an increase of more th...

Large wintertime ocean swells in the Caribbean, known as north swells, generate high surf and expose communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure to hazardous conditions. Empirical orthogonal functions and cluster analyses using ERA5 reanalysis swell data are performed to characterize north swells in the eastern Caribbean and to establish a ranked list of historical events. ERA5 atmospheric and swell data are used to create bas...

This study examines the dynamics of late spring rainfall (the Early Rainy Season, ERS ) in the Caribbean region, in hopes of identifying mechanistic‐based predictors for low‐frequency climate modulations of the system. The subtropical Caribbean rain‐belt develops in May as seasonal warming proceeds. By July, the rain‐belt retreats north apparently following the westerlies and their vigorous synoptic disturbances. Daily climato...