Model biases in long coupled runs of NCEP CFS in the context of Indian summer monsoon

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1057-1069

  Chaudhari, Hemantkumar S ^a   Pokhrel, Samir ^a   Saha, Subodh K ^a   Dhakate, Ashish ^a   Yadav, R K ^a   Salunke, Kiran ^a   Mahapatra, Somnath ^a   Sabeerali, C T ^a   Rao, Suryachandra A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate Forecast System (CFS); Indian summer monsoon; Model bias; Subtropical westerly jet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MODEL BIAS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); MASCARENE ISLANDS;

EID: 84876074580     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3489     Document Type: Article

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