High resolution land surface response of inland moving Indian monsoon depressions over Bay of Bengal

P. V. Rajesh; S. Pattnaik

doi:10.1117/12.2239712

3 May 2016 High resolution land surface response of inland moving Indian monsoon depressions over Bay of Bengal

P. V. Rajesh, S. Pattnaik

Proceedings Volume 9882, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI; 98820K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239712
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2016, New Delhi, India

Abstract

During Indian summer monsoon (ISM) season, nearly about half of the monsoonal rainfall is brought inland by the low pressure systems called as Monsoon Depressions (MDs). These systems bear large amount of rainfall and frequently give copious amount of rainfall over land regions, therefore accurate forecast of these synoptic scale systems at short time scale can help in disaster management, flood relief, food safety. The goal of this study is to investigate, whether an accurate moisture–rainfall feedback from land surface can improve the prediction of inland moving MDs. High Resolution Land Data Assimilation System (HRLDAS) is used to generate improved land state .i.e. soil moisture and soil temperature profiles by means of NOAH-MP land-surface model. Validation of the model simulated basic atmospheric parameters at surface layer and troposphere reveals that the incursion of high resolution land state yields least Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) with a higher correlation coefficient and facilitates accurate depiction of MDs. Rainfall verification shows that HRLDAS simulations are spatially and quantitatively in more agreement with the observations and the improved surface characteristics could result in the realistic reproduction of the storm spatial structure, movement as well as intensity. These results signify the necessity of investigating more into the land surface-rainfall feedbacks through modifications in moisture flux convergence within the storm.

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P. V. Rajesh and S. Pattnaik "High resolution land surface response of inland moving Indian monsoon depressions over Bay of Bengal", Proc. SPIE 9882, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI, 98820K (3 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239712

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