Effect of data assimilation using WRF-3DVAR for heavy rain prediction on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Junhua ^a   Duan, Keqin ^a,b   Wu, Jinkui ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a   Shi, Peihong ^a   Liu, Huancai ^a   Xie, Xiaolong ^c   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Sun, Jianyong ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b SHANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84929376495     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/294589     Document Type: Article

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