Regional earth system modeling: review and future directions

F Giorgi, XJ Gao - Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The authors review recent advances in the development of coupled Regional Earth System
Models (RESMs), a field that is still in its early stages. To date, coupled regional atmosphere …

Unraveling the mystery of Indian monsoon failure during El Niño

KK Kumar, B Rajagopalan, M Hoerling, G Bates… - Science, 2006 - science.org
The 132-year historical rainfall record reveals that severe droughts in India have always
been accompanied by El Niño events. Yet El Niño events have not always produced severe …

Why the western Pacific subtropical high has extended westward since the late 1970s

T Zhou, R Yu, J Zhang, H Drange, C Cassou… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
The western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH) is closely related to Asian climate. Previous
examination of changes in the WPSH found a westward extension since the late 1970s …

Anthropogenic warming and intraseasonal summer monsoon variability amplify the risk of future flash droughts in India

V Mishra, S Aadhar, SS Mahto - Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2021 - nature.com
Flash droughts cause rapid depletion in root-zone soil moisture and severely affect crop
health and irrigation water demands. However, their occurrence and impacts in the current …

Iran's precipitation analysis using synoptic modeling of major teleconnection forces (MTF)

M Ahmadi, S Salimi, SA Hosseini… - … of Atmospheres and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this relatively unprecedented study, the effects of thirty-four leading teleconnection
Patterns (indices) of atmospheric circulation-on regional-scale for the Middle East-along with …

Reference evapotranspiration prediction using hybridized fuzzy model with firefly algorithm: Regional case study in Burkina Faso

H Tao, L Diop, A Bodian, K Djaman, PM Ndiaye… - Agricultural water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) is one of the major components of the
hydrological cycle that is very essential in water resources planning, irrigation and drainage …

Fundamental challenge in simulation and prediction of summer monsoon rainfall

B Wang, Q Ding, X Fu, IS Kang, K Jin… - Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The scientific basis for two‐tier climate prediction lies in the predictability determined by the
ocean and land surface conditions. Here we show that the state‐of‐the‐art atmospheric …

Meteorological flash droughts risk projections based on CMIP6 climate change scenarios

V Sreeparvathy, VV Srinivas - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2022 - nature.com
Meteorological flash droughts (MFDs) are sub-seasonal-to-seasonal drought phenomena
characterized by rapid onset/intensification. This study assesses the changes in trends and …

Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004)

B Wang, JY Lee, IS Kang, J Shukla, CK Park, A Kumar… - Climate Dynamics, 2009 - Springer
We assessed current status of multi-model ensemble (MME) deterministic and probabilistic
seasonal prediction based on 25-year (1980–2004) retrospective forecasts performed by 14 …

South Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability: coupled climate model simulations and projections under IPCC AR4

RH Kripalani, JH Oh, A Kulkarni, SS Sabade… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2007 - Springer
South Asian summer monsoon precipitation and its variability are examined from the outputs
of the coupled climate models assessed as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …