A SST based large multi-model ensemble forecasting system for Indian summer monsoon rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Sahai, A K ^a   Chattopadhyay, R ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DROUGHT; PROBABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

DECADAL VARIABILITIES; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCES; EMPIRICAL MODELS; FAST PROCESSES; FORECAST SYSTEMS; FORECASTING SYSTEMS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALLS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; INTERNAL VARIABILITIES; MULTI MODELS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; ROADMAP; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; USER COMMUNITIES;

FORECASTING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57749169032     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035461     Document Type: Article

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