Error growth in Climate Forecast System daily retrospective forecasts of South Asian monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Rai, Shailendra ^a   Krishnamurthy, V ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; RAIN;

ASIAN MONSOON; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ERROR GROWTH; FORECAST ERRORS; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LORENZ METHODS; MONSOON SEASON; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORMAL PHASE; OPERATIONAL MODEL;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79951825572     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014840     Document Type: Article

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