Sensitivity of US Drought Prediction Skill to Land Initial States on Subseasonal to Seasonal Timescales


Chul-Su Shin1, Bohua Huang1, Paul Dirmeyer2 and Arun Kumar3, (1)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (2)George Mason University Fairfax, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences Department, Fairfax, VA, United States, (3)NOAA/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD, United States