Application of radar reflectivity factor in initializing cloud-resolving mesoscale model. Part II: Numerical simulation experiments

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Liu, Hongya ^a,b   Xu, Haiming ^a   Xue, Jishan ^b   Hu, Zhijin ^b   Shen, Tongli ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Hot initiating; Nowcasting; Nudging; Radar

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 49649114135     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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