Seasonal prediction for the Indian monsoon region with FSU ocean-atmosphere coupled model: Model mean and 2002 anomalous drought

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1431-1454

  Mitra, A K ^a,b   Stefanova, L ^a   Kumar, T S V Vijaya ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

Coupled ocean atmosphere model; Ensemble prediction; Monsoon system; Numerical modeling; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 21844475347     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2678-7     Document Type: Article

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