Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

Abstract The sensitivity of seasonal prediction (June to September) of Indian monsoon to initial state from two variants of coupled data assimilation (CDA) products, viz. the Climate Forecast System (CFS) Reanalysis (CFSR) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, University of Maryland‐ Weakly...

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Main Authors: Sagar V. Gade, Pentakota Sreenivas, Suryachandra A. Rao, Ankur Srivastava, Maheswar Pradhan
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Published: Wiley 2022-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097184
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Pentakota Sreenivas
Suryachandra A. Rao
Ankur Srivastava
Maheswar Pradhan
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description Abstract The sensitivity of seasonal prediction (June to September) of Indian monsoon to initial state from two variants of coupled data assimilation (CDA) products, viz. the Climate Forecast System (CFS) Reanalysis (CFSR) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, University of Maryland‐ Weakly Coupled Analysis (IWCA) is explored in this study. The IWCA implements the local ensemble transform Kalman filter, and incorporates theoretically advanced features of flow‐dependency and ensemble‐based analysis compared to CFSR. The CFS version‐2 predictions using IWCA simulate the large‐scale monsoon features, and convection centers well, and improve prediction skills compared to CFSR predictions. The enhanced analysis quality and Ocean‐Atmospheric cross‐domain equilibrium in IWCA reduce initial shocks in springtime predictions. Further, the sustained ensemble consistency aided to simulate the variability better and improved the seasonal predictions. The study strongly advocates the adaptation of advanced CDA methods for seasonal monsoon and probable seamless predictions.
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spelling doaj-art-ac97e03474ee486597b131d4714aa8292025-08-20T02:27:43ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072022-08-014915n/an/a10.1029/2021GL097184Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon RainfallSagar V. Gade0Pentakota Sreenivas1Suryachandra A. Rao2Ankur Srivastava3Maheswar Pradhan4Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Pune IndiaIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Pune IndiaIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Pune IndiaIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Pune IndiaIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Pune IndiaAbstract The sensitivity of seasonal prediction (June to September) of Indian monsoon to initial state from two variants of coupled data assimilation (CDA) products, viz. the Climate Forecast System (CFS) Reanalysis (CFSR) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, University of Maryland‐ Weakly Coupled Analysis (IWCA) is explored in this study. The IWCA implements the local ensemble transform Kalman filter, and incorporates theoretically advanced features of flow‐dependency and ensemble‐based analysis compared to CFSR. The CFS version‐2 predictions using IWCA simulate the large‐scale monsoon features, and convection centers well, and improve prediction skills compared to CFSR predictions. The enhanced analysis quality and Ocean‐Atmospheric cross‐domain equilibrium in IWCA reduce initial shocks in springtime predictions. Further, the sustained ensemble consistency aided to simulate the variability better and improved the seasonal predictions. The study strongly advocates the adaptation of advanced CDA methods for seasonal monsoon and probable seamless predictions.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097184seasonal predictionIndian summer monsooncoupled data assimilationLETKFCFSv2ensemble methods
spellingShingle Sagar V. Gade
Pentakota Sreenivas
Suryachandra A. Rao
Ankur Srivastava
Maheswar Pradhan
Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
Geophysical Research Letters
seasonal prediction
Indian summer monsoon
coupled data assimilation
LETKF
CFSv2
ensemble methods
title Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
title_full Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
title_fullStr Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
title_short Impact of the Ensemble Kalman Filter Based Coupled Data Assimilation System on Seasonal Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
title_sort impact of the ensemble kalman filter based coupled data assimilation system on seasonal prediction of indian summer monsoon rainfall
topic seasonal prediction
Indian summer monsoon
coupled data assimilation
LETKF
CFSv2
ensemble methods
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097184
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