Impact of Land Surface Initialization and Land-Atmosphere Coupling on the Prediction of the Indian Summer Monsoon with the CFSv2

The impact of initial land-surface states on monthly to seasonal prediction skill of the Indian summer monsoon (June–September) is investigated using a suite of hindcasts made with the Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) operational forecast model. The modern paradigm of land-atmosphere coupli...

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Main Authors: Subhadeep Halder, Paul A. Dirmeyer, Lawrence Marx, James L. Kinter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00092/full