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A detailed examination on various aspects of the southwest monsoon over the Indian subcontinent using analyses and forecasts of the NCMRWF global data assimilation and forecast system for the years 1994 and 1996 is carried out in this study. Objective procedures developed by Ramesh et al. (1996) based on the monsoon 1995 data are employed in the present work. It is found that all the deterministic features of the summer monsoon viz., the onset, its advancement, stagnation / revival and the withdrawal, can reasonably by prognosticated after employing the objective methodologies and monitoring daily variations of certain derived quantities from the large scale analyses and forecasts. Further, a good correspondence of the observed large scale / synoptic scale circulation features and the observed rainfall etc. with the deterministic characteristics of the summer monsoon show a good prospect for real time prognosis of the important summer monsoon activities over the Indian subcontinent.
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Authors are grateful to the Director-General and Head, Research Division of NCMRWF for keen interest and encouragement during the preparation of the present work. The authors would like to thank Prof. Z.H. Khan of JMI, New Delhi for his valuable suggestion regarding publication of this work. The observational data used in this study are obtained from the special bulletins of summer monsoon activity published by the India Meteorological Department. The views expressed herein are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organization they are attached.
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Basu, S., Ramesh, K.J. & Begum, Z.N. Medium Range Prediction of Summer Monsoon Activities over India vis∓a∓ vis Their Correspondence with the Observational Features. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 16, 133–146 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-999-0009-0
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