Dynamical extended-range prediction of early monsoon rainfall over India

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1480-1492

  Vitart, Frédéric ^a   Molten, Franco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL MODEL; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEADTIME; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONTHLY FORECASTING SYSTEMS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL FORECASTING; VARIABLE RESOLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68249150807     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2761.1     Document Type: Article

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