Impact of 3DVAR Data Assimilation on the Prediction of Heavy Rainfall over Southern China

This study examines the impact of three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) on the prediction of two heavy rainfall events over Southern China by using a real-time storm-scale forecasting system. Initialized from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) high-resol...

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Main Authors: Tuanjie Hou, Fanyou Kong, Xunlai Chen, Hengchi Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/129642