Prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) using canonical correlation analysis of global circulation model products

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-188

  Singh, Ankita ^a   Kulkarni, Makarand A ^b   Mohanty, U C ^a   Kar, S C ^c   Robertson, Andrew W ^d   Mishra, G ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

^e UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; General Circulation Model; Prediction; Rainfall; Season

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FORECASTING;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; LOADING PATTERNS; SEASON; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

RAIN;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

EID: 84861817833     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1333     Document Type: Article

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