Assessment of ECMWF forecasts: widespread rainfall events during the Indian summer monsoon
Title | Assessment of ECMWF forecasts: widespread rainfall events during the Indian summer monsoon
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Technical memorandum
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Date Published |
01/2009
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ECMWF Technical Memoranda
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580
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ECMWF
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Abstract | The skill of dynamical forecasts of widespread rainfall events (WSREs) over central India is examined using high-resolution models from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The WSREs entail interactions between the large-scale monsoon circulation and the convective systems which are embedded within the boreal summer Inter Tropical convergence zone (ITCZ). A diagnostic analysis of the ECMWF forecasts of WSREs during 2007 is performed. Several features of the observed rainfall distribution and large-scale organisation of convection during WSREs are found to be realistically captured by the ECMWF forecasts. The paper acknowledges a potential wider scope for diagnosing the influence of remote and regional forcings on the organisation of large-scale convection. The appraisal could be extended to break phases associated with the evolution of large-scale suppressed convection. |
URL | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/elibrary/75781-assessment-ecmwf-forecasts-widespread-rainfall-events-during-indian-summer |
DOI | 10.21957/691kj4uk |
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