A numerical study of the rainstorm characteristics of the June 2005 flash flood with WRF/GSI data assimilation system over south-east China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1327-1341

  Wan, Qilin ^a   Xu, Jianjun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Numerical study; Rainstorm

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BAY OF BENGAL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; EAST CHINA; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD EVENT; GRID-SPACINGS; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HEAVY RAINFALL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LOW LEVEL JET; MESOSCALE; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL RESOLUTION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NESTED GRID; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PEAK VALUES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAIN RATES; RAINSTORM; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FLASH FLOOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RAINSTORM; SATELLITE DATA; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; GUANGDONG; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79953289254     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7882     Document Type: Article

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