An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach

Abstract Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon onset, which marks the beginning of the South Asian monsoon, has significant implications on monsoon characteristics and subsequent nationwide agricultural planning. Here we make the most skillful prediction of monsoon onset with a physics‐guided data‐dri...

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Main Authors: A. S. Sahana, Subimal Ghosh
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078319
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description Abstract Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon onset, which marks the beginning of the South Asian monsoon, has significant implications on monsoon characteristics and subsequent nationwide agricultural planning. Here we make the most skillful prediction of monsoon onset with a physics‐guided data‐driven model integrated with the operational monsoon prediction by Coupled Forecast System version 2. Drivers of the variability of onset, which are well simulated by Coupled Forecast System version 2, viz., tropical Pacific sea surface temperature, reversal of tropospheric temperature gradient and strengthening of westerlies over AS during the early summer are identified as potential predictors. Data‐driven method, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator, makes the final selection of predictors for the linear regression model of onset. We obtain an improved correlation of 0.6 between simulated and observed onset dates with the proposed integrated statistical dynamical model as compared to 0.44 obtained with the operational dynamic monsoon prediction model.
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spelling doaj-art-1f86f6843a8146e9a8ebd1f444230d422025-08-20T02:46:20ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072018-08-0145168510851810.1029/2018GL078319An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven ApproachA. S. Sahana0Subimal Ghosh1Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Bombay IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Bombay IndiaAbstract Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon onset, which marks the beginning of the South Asian monsoon, has significant implications on monsoon characteristics and subsequent nationwide agricultural planning. Here we make the most skillful prediction of monsoon onset with a physics‐guided data‐driven model integrated with the operational monsoon prediction by Coupled Forecast System version 2. Drivers of the variability of onset, which are well simulated by Coupled Forecast System version 2, viz., tropical Pacific sea surface temperature, reversal of tropospheric temperature gradient and strengthening of westerlies over AS during the early summer are identified as potential predictors. Data‐driven method, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator, makes the final selection of predictors for the linear regression model of onset. We obtain an improved correlation of 0.6 between simulated and observed onset dates with the proposed integrated statistical dynamical model as compared to 0.44 obtained with the operational dynamic monsoon prediction model.https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078319monsoon onsetCFSv2LASSOforecast of onset
spellingShingle A. S. Sahana
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An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
Geophysical Research Letters
monsoon onset
CFSv2
LASSO
forecast of onset
title An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
title_full An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
title_fullStr An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
title_full_unstemmed An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
title_short An Improved Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Onset From State‐of‐the‐Art Dynamic Model Using Physics‐Guided Data‐Driven Approach
title_sort improved prediction of indian summer monsoon onset from state of the art dynamic model using physics guided data driven approach
topic monsoon onset
CFSv2
LASSO
forecast of onset
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078319
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