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ArticleGeophysical research letters2024

Process-Informed Subsampling Improves Subseasonal Rainfall Forecasts in Central America.

Katherine M Kowal, Louise J Slater, Sihan Li, Timo Kelder, Kyle J C Hall, Simon Moulds, Alan A García-López, Christian Birkel

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Katherine M KowalDepartment of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-2540
Louise J SlaterDepartment of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-488X
Sihan LiDepartment of Geography University of Sheffield Sheffield UK.
Timo KelderClimate Adaptation Services Bussum The Netherlands.
Kyle J C HallNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory Boulder CO USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-0662
Simon MouldsDepartment of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7297-482X
Alan A García-LópezDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences Columbia University New York NY USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8809-1298
Christian BirkelDepartment of Geography University of Costa Rica San Jose Costa Rica.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-852X

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Abstract

Subseasonal rainfall forecast skill is critical to support preparedness for hydrometeorological extremes. We assess how a process-informed evaluation, which subsamples forecasting model members based on their ability to represent potential predictors of rainfall, can improve monthly rainfall forecasts within Central America in the following month, using Costa Rica and Guatemala as test cases. We generate a constrained ensemble mean by subsampling 130 members from five dynamic forecasting models in the C3S multimodel ensemble based on their representation of both (a) zonal wind direction and (b) Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperatures (SSTs), at the time of initialization. Our results show in multiple months and locations increased mean squared error skill by 0.4 and improved detection rates of rainfall extremes. This method is transferrable to other regions driven by slowly-changing processes. Process-informed subsampling is successful because it identifies members that fail to represent the entire rainfall distribution when wind/SST error increases.

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Central Americaensembleextreme weatherforecastrainfallsubseasonal

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