GPS Radio Occultation Data Assimilation in the AREM Regional Numerical Weather Prediction Model for Flood Forecasts

Table 1

Specific description of the experiment.

Items	Scheme
Forecast model	AREM2.4.0
Spatial resolution	37 km
Vertical resolution	32 levels, model top at 10 hPa
Model area	14°N-51°N, 74°E-136°E
Parameterization of explicit cloud physics	Parameterization process for cold cloud precipitation (Xu, [13])
Parameterization of land surface processes	ZENG (1998)
Parameterization of boundary layer processes	CCM3 (1993)
Equilibrium radiation of the land surface	MM5 (1982)
Boundary conditions	Time variable boundary conditions