June 13th, 2025 by José Manuel Gálvez The Gálvez-Davison Index (GDI) (Gálvez and Davison, 2016) was developed by José Gálvez and Mike Davison at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center in 2014, to improve the detection of environments favorable for tropical convection [Online access: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/international/gdi/ ]. However, its skill does not only limit to tropical locations. It Continue Reading