Seasonal prediction of Indian summer monsoon: Sensitivity to persistent SST

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1183-1193

  Das, Sukanta Kumar ^a   Deb, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Kishtawal, C M ^a   Pal, Pradip Kumar ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

All India rainfall; Ensemble mean; Persistent SST anomaly; Seasonal forecast; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84889640320     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0351-6     Document Type: Article

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