Western disturbances: a review

AP Dimri, D Niyogi, AP Barros, J Ridley… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclonic storms associated with the midlatitude Subtropical Westerly Jet (SWJ), referred to
as Western Disturbances (WDs), play a critical role in the meteorology of the Indian …

[HTML][HTML] Long-lead statistical forecasts of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall based on causal precursors

G Di Capua, M Kretschmer, J Runge… - Weather and …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Skillful forecasts of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) at long lead times (4–5
months in advance) pose great challenges due to strong internal variability of the monsoon …

Model sensitivity analysis study for western disturbances over the Himalayas

AP Dimri, A Chevuturi - Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2014 - Springer
Western disturbances (WDs) are extratropical synoptic scale weather systems which cause
significant precipitation over the Himalayas and surrounding areas during winter …

Multiscale characterization and prediction of monsoon rainfall in India using Hilbert–Huang transform and time-dependent intrinsic correlation analysis

S Adarsh, MJ Reddy - Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, the Hilbert–Huang transform (HHT) approach is used for the multiscale
characterization of All India Summer Monsoon Rainfall (AISMR) time series and monsoon …

Analysis of deficit summer monsoon rainfall over India in CMIP5 simulations

A Kulkarni, A Kulkarni, SS Sabade… - Journal of Earth System …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we examined the performance of 33 CMIP5 models to simulate summer
monsoon rainfall over India for the century-long period 1901–2005. If the standardized …

Large fraction of winter precipitation variability in two major Himalayan basins explained by Atmospheric Rivers

RV Lyngwa, WU Hassan, MA Nayak… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have the potential to generate large-impact hydrometeorological
events over mountainous topography. In this study, we investigate ARs' impacts on the …

Connection between anomalous zonal activities of the South Asian high and Eurasian summer climate anomalies

J Shi, W Qian - Journal of Climate, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Using the daily mean anomalies of atmospheric variables from the NCEP Reanalysis-1
(NCEP R1), this study reveals the connection between anomalous zonal activities of the …

Western disturbances–structure

AP Dimri, A Chevuturi, AP Dimri, A Chevuturi - Western Disturbances-An …, 2016 - Springer
The Indian subcontinent is characterized by its large spatial expanse along with
heterogeneity and the variability of land use and land cover. These characteristics of India …

Triggering effect of an unusual northwestward-moving tropical cyclone over the Bay of Bengal on the extremely early Indian summer monsoon onset

F Cai, S Yang, Z Wang, J Chen, J Wang, W Chen - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The onset of Indian summer monsoon (ISM) in 1990 is ascertained to be the earliest in
recent decades. Analysis attributes this extreme event to an unusual northwestward-moving …

Long-lead prediction skill of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using outgoing longwave radiation (OLR): an application of canonical correlation analysis

A Singh, UC Mohanty, G Mishra - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2014 - Springer
There is a statistical linkage between tropical outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and all-
India summer monsoon rainfall (AISMR). A positive and significant correlation is observed …