With increasing computational power, the regional climate modeling community is moving to higher resolutions of a few kilometers, named convection-permitting (CP) simulations. This study aims to present an assessment of precipitation metrics simulate...
The current neighborhood probability (NP) method mainly considers the spatial displacement error in high-resolution precipitation forecasts, but the problem of the forecast time exceeding or lagging behind the observed field has not been properly sol...
Reactive convection in a porous medium has received recent interest in the context of the geological storage of carbon dioxide in saline formations. We study theoretically and numerically the gravitational instability of a diffusive boundary layer in...
The Mediterranean region is characterized by its vulnerability to changes in the water cycle, with the impact of global warming on the water resources being one of the major concerns in social, economical and scientific ambits. Even if precipitation...
One of the main differences between regional climate model and convection-permitting model simulations is not just how well topographic characteristics are represented, but also how deep convection is treated. The convection process frequently occurs...
A simulation of an extreme precipitation event in southern Xinjiang, which is the driest area in China, seizes the whole initiation process of the intense convective cell responsible for the high hourly rainfall amount. Considering the inner connecti...
Recent studies over different geographical regions of the world have proven that regional climate models at the convection-permitting scale (CPMs) improve the simulation of precipitation in many aspects, such as the diurnal cycle, precipitation frequ...
Global positioning system (GPS) detection technology has several advantageous characteristics (i.e., all-weather applications, high accuracy, high spatial and temporal resolution, and low cost), and GPS tracking and monitoring techniques for water va...
This study investigates the impacts of climate change on precipitation and snowpack in the interior western United States (IWUS) using two sets of convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations. One simulation represents the...
This work evaluates and compares the performance of the radar reflectivity and lightning data assimilation schemes implemented in weather research and forecasting-four-dimensional data assimilation (WRF-FDDA) for short-term precipitation and lightnin...
In this study, we have investigated changes in precipitation extremes and the population’s exposure to these extremes during 2091–2099 in China’s Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (JJJ) region relative to the historical period of 19...
The Global Positioning System (GPS) consists of a constellation of satellites that transmit radio frequency signals to many users with varied applications. For meteorological purposes, the based-ground GPS receivers can provide high-quality column or...
Some natural hazards may result from the coincidences of anomalies of different climatic variables. These so-called compound events can cause extreme impacts. This study analyzes compounds of extreme temperature with notable convective and stratiform...
This study evaluated the reliability of satellite-derived atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles derived from occultations of Fengyun-3D (FY-3D), the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2), the Met...
Effects of the convective triggering process in a cumulus parameterization scheme on the diurnal variation of precipitation over East Asia are examined using a regional climate model. Based on a cloud-resolving simulation showing the irrelevance of c...
The aim of this study is to assess the sensitivity of convective precipitation modelled by the regional climate model MAR (Modèle Atmosphérique Régional) over 1987–2017 to four newly implemented convective schemes: the Bech...
With global warming and intensified human activities, extreme convective precipitation has become one of the most frequent natural disasters. An accurate and reliable assessment of severe convective precipitation events can support social stability a...
This study analyzed the microphysical characteristics of stratiform and convective precipitation over an inland arid region of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in summer for the first time. The observed precipitation data were from the OTT Parsivel2 laser...
The first aim of this study is to determine if changes in precipitation and more specifically in convective precipitation are projected in a warmer climate over Belgium. The second aim is to evaluate if these changes are dependent on the convective s...
This paper introduces the X-band weather radar dual-polarization parameters of isolated convective cell precipitation and meso/microscale snowfall on Mount Everest and presents the first precipitation observations based on dual-polarization weather r...
The change in extreme precipitation events in the conterminous United States (CONUS) has been of interest to the research communities in recent years for its intensification under environmental and climate change. Previous studies have not yet used s...
On 31 July 2021, Ningbo, an eastern coast city in China, experienced a severe convective rainstorm, characterized by intense short-duration precipitation extremes with a maximum rainfall rate of 130 mm h−1. In this research, we first analyzed t...
Cloud microphysical processes significantly impact the time variation and intensity of precipitation. However, due to the high altitude of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the lack of observational data, the understanding of cloud microphysical processes...
Precipitation, especially convective precipitation, is highly associated with hydrological disasters (e.g., floods and drought) that have negative impacts on agricultural productivity, society, and the environment. To mitigate these negative impacts,...
Deep convective clouds, such as towering cumulus and Cumulonimbus, can endanger lives and property, also being a major hazard to aviation. This study presents the convective index (IndexCON) used operationally at the Portuguese Meteorological Watch O...
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) models are indispensable for studying severe convective weather events. Research demonstrates that the outcomes of convective precipitation simulations are profoundly influenced by the choice between single or doubl...
Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions in deep convective clouds are investigated through numerical simulations of a heavy precipitation event over South Korea on 15–16 July 2017. The Weather Research and Forecasting model with a bin microphy...
The ERA5 reanalysis dataset of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in the summers from 2015 to 2020 was used to compare and analyze the features of the precipitable water vapor (PWV) observed by six ground-based Global Navi...
Transient luminous events (TLEs) are electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere caused by vigorous thunderstorms. Six sprites, which are part of TLEs, were observed on 22 July 2013 from Mt. Fuji (3776 m above sea level), Japan. All the six sprites...
This study analyzed the diurnal variations of summer deep convective precipitation (DCP) over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and its southern region. The results show that DCP is the main type of precipitation over the QTP. The precipitation intensi...
On 13 August 2019, a severe convective precipitation event affected the Shanghai region. At 850 hPa, a low-level shear line influenced Shanghai with surface convergence, while at 700 hPa, an inversion layer separated warm, moist lower air from colder...
Compound heat–precipitation events exert significant impacts on severe weather occurrences. Intense vertical air movement, driving vigorous convection, primarily contributes to the formation of extreme precipitation. Nevertheless, such compound...
There is an ongoing debate in the climate community about the benefits of convection-permitting models that explicitly resolve convection and other thermodynamical processes. An increasing number of studies show improvements in Regional Climate Model...
In this study, we investigated the changing characteristics of climatic scale (monthly) tropical extreme precipitation in warming climates using the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). The results are from Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Pro...
This paper evaluates convective precipitation as simulated by the convection-permitting climate model (CPM) Consortium for Small-Scale Modeling in climate mode (COSMO-CLM) (with 2.8 km grid-spacing) over Germany in the period 2001–2015. Charact...
Convective ensembles promise to increase forecast accuracy while at the same time providing information on the probability of the forecast. A vast number of different methods of ensemble creation have been developed over time. Here, initial condition...
An hourly rainfall of 201.9 mm fell in Zhengzhou on 20 July 2021, breaking the hourly rainfall record of mainland China and causing severe urban flooding and human casualties. This observation-based study investigates the associated convective-scale...
Due to model errors caused by local variations in cloud precipitation processes, there are still significant uncertainties in current predictions and simulations of short-duration heavy rainfall. To tackle this problem, the effects of warming on clou...
In this study, we utilized ECMWF Reanalysis of the Global Climate at Atmospheric Resolution 5 (ERA5) data, FengYun-4B satellite (FY-4B) data, a Wind3D 6000 Three-Dimensional Scanning Laser Wind Radar, and raindrop spectrum data to analyze the circula...
The bright band (BB) is an important symbol of the ice–water transition zone in stratiform precipitation, and the presence or absence of BB will lead to different microphysical processes. In this paper, the characteristics of BB and precipitati...
Complex terrain features—in particular, environmental conditions, high population density and potential socio-economic damage—make the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) of particular interest regarding the study of deep convection and related severe...
In this study, the spatiotemporal distribution and characteristics of different precipitation types (stratiform, convective, and snow) over China are analyzed using the radar mosaic images during the summer season over 4 years (from 2018 to 2021). Th...
This study investigates the practical predictability of two simulated mesoscale convective systems (MCS1 and MCS2) within a state-of-the-art convection-allowing ensemble forecast system. The two MCSs are both controlled by the synoptic Meiyu-front bu...
A torrential rainfall that occurred in Beijing during the period of 21–22 July 2012 is simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting Model in order to investigate the probable mechanisms for the initiation and organization of warm-sector me...
Precipitation events have been occurring more frequently in the hyper-arid region of the Taklamakan Desert (TD) under recent climate change. However, in this water-limited environment, the microphysical characteristics of precipitation, as well as th...
This paper examines the ability of the Weather Research and Forecasting model forecast to simulate moisture and precipitation during the North American Monsoon GPS Hydrometeorological Network field campaign that took place in 2017. A convective-permi...
Globally consistent long-term radar measurements are imperative for understanding the global climatology and potential trends of convection. This study investigates the consistency of vertical profiles of reflectivity (VPR) and 20-dBZ echo-top height...
Convective transition statistics serve as diagnostics for the parameterization of convection in climate and weather forecast models by characterizing the dependence of convection on the humidity-temperature environment. The observed strong pickup of...
The climate and weather forecast predictive capability for precipitation intensity is limited by gaps in the understanding of basic cloud-convective processes. Currently, a better understanding of the cloud-convective process lacks observational cons...
Warming sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) have implications for the climate-sensitive Caribbean region, including potential impacts on precipitation. SSTs have been shown to influence deep convection and rainfall, thus understanding the impacts of warm...
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