Prediction of Indian summer monsoon onset using dynamical subseasonal forecasts: Effects of realistic initialization of the atmosphere

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 778-793

  Alessandri, Andrea ^a,b   Borrelli, Andrea ^c   Cherchi, Annalisa ^d   Materia, Stefano ^c   Navarra, Antonio ^d   Lee, June Yi ^e   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Hindcasts; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FORECASTING; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

COUPLED MODELS; ENSEMBLES; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; HINDCASTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MONSOONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 84924943766     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00187.1     Document Type: Article

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