Seasonal prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall using canonical correlation analysis of the NCMRWF global model products

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1601-1614

  Sinha, P ^a   Mohanty, U C ^a   Kar, S C ^b   Dash, S K ^a   Robertson, A W ^c   Tippett, M K ^c,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CCA; Downscaling; Model; Monsoon; MOS; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CCA; CROSS-VALIDATION TECHNIQUE; DOWN-SCALING; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; MONSOON; MOS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FORECASTING; LASERS; MODELS; WIND;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; DOWNSCALING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84878779880     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3536     Document Type: Article

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