Objective Identification of Nonlinear Convectively Coupled Phases of Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation: Implications for Prediction

Abstract The nonlinear convectively coupled character of the summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) that manifests in its event-to-event variations is a major hurdle for skillful extended-range prediction of the active/break episodes. The convectively coupled character of the monsoon ISO implies that a particular nonlinear phase of the precipitation ISO is linked to a unique pattern of the large-scale variables. A methodology has been presented to capture different nonlinear phases of the precipitation ISO using a combination of a sufficiently large number of dynamical variables. This is achieved through a nonlinear pattern recognition technique known as self-organizing map (SOM) involving six daily large-scale circulation indices. It is demonstrated that the nonlinearly classified states of the large-scale circulation isolated at the SOM nodes without involving any information on rainfall are strongly linked to different phases of evolution of the rainfall ISO, including the active and break phas...

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