Review Article

WRF-ARW Variational Storm-Scale Data Assimilation: Current Capabilities and Future Developments

Figure 5

6-hour forecasts of hourly accumulated precipitation (mm) from (b) the basic WRF 3D-Var (3DV), (c) the enhanced WRF 3D-Var (3DVQV), and (d) the 4D-Var (4DV). The Stage IV precipitation analysis is shown by (a) for verification.
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(a) Stage IV
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(b) 3DV
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(c) 3DVQV
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(d) 4DV