Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1469-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1469-2017
Research article
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06 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2017

Verification of pre-monsoon temperature forecasts over India during 2016 with a focus on heatwave prediction

Harvir Singh, Kopal Arora, Raghavendra Ashrit, and Ekkattil N. Rajagopal

Data sets

The observed temperature (maximum) data over India IMDPUNE http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Seasons/Temperature/max/Max_Download.html

Model code and software

The observed temperature minimum) data over India IMDPUNE http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Seasons/Temperature/min/Min_Download.html

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Short summary
Heatwave conditions prevailed at over wide regions of central and northern India during March–April–May 2016. A prevailing heatwave over India took more than 500 lives. Here we investigate the extreme events (heatwaves) using a high-resolution numerical weather prediction and its ensemble forecast in union with classical statistical scores to serve verification purposes.
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