Improving global model precipitation forecasts over India using downscaling and the FSU superensemble. Part I: 1-5-day forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2713-2735

  Krishnamurti, T N ^a   Mishra, A K ^a   Chakraborty, A ^a,c   Rajeevan, M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWN-SCALING; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; FORECAST PRODUCTS; GLOBAL MODELS; INDIAN MONSOON; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; MONSOON RAINS; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL SUPERENSEMBLE; OPERATIONAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINFALL PREDICTION; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SCALE RESOLUTION;

GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; MONSOON; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350760060     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2568.1     Document Type: Article

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