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Forecasting of onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala coast using satellite data

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Title Forecasting of onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala coast using satellite data
 
Creator RameshKumar, M.R.
 
Subject meteorology
monsoon
prediction
atmospheric precipitation
rainfall
regression analysis
satellites
meteorological data
 
Description The Global Precipitation and in situ gauge data have been used in the present study of the Indian monsoon for the region bounded by 8 to 13 degrees N; 70 degrees to 95 degrees E, from March 1 to May 31 for the years 1979 to 2001. The monsoon onset dates over Kerala, as declared by India Meteorological Department has been used in the present study as an indicator of the onset of this event. For each year, the midday of the pentad with the rainfall peak was located in the period from 1st April to 10th May and identified as the Pre-Monsoon Rainfall Peak (PMRP). The analysis showed that the PMRP exists about six pentads prior to the onset of the monsoon over the Kerala coast. A regression equation developed using the first 20 years of data (1979-1998) with a standard error estimate of four days was used for predicting the onset dates for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001, with encouraging results. It is felt that the pre-monsoon rainfall estimate from the satellite data can be used for predicting the monsoon onset over Kerala coast.
 
Date 2008-07-02T07:32:26Z
2008-07-02T07:32:26Z
2004
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier IEEE Geoscience And Remote Sensing Letters, Vol.1; 265-267p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1190
 
Language en
 
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Publisher IEEE