Impact of the assimilation of lightning data on the precipitation forecast at different forecast ranges

This study investigates the impact of the assimilation of total lightning data on the precipitation forecast of a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model. The impact of the lightning data assimilation, which uses water vapour substitution, is investigated at different forecast time ranges, name...

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Main Authors: S. Federico, M. Petracca, G. Panegrossi, C. Transerici, S. Dietrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Advances in Science and Research
Online Access:https://www.adv-sci-res.net/14/187/2017/asr-14-187-2017.pdf