Assimilation of Doppler Radar Data and Its Impact on Prediction of a Heavy Meiyu Frontal Rainfall Event

Figure 4

Six-hour accumulated precipitation from 0000 to 0600 UTC ((a) observations, (e) CON, (i) RAD, and (m) RADC) and from 0600 to 1200 UTC ((b) observations, (f) CON, (j) RAD, and (n) RADC), from 1200 to 1800 UTC ((c) observations, (g) CON, (k) RAD, and (o) RADC), and from 1800 UTC 4 July to 0000 UTC 5 July 2014 ((d) observations, (h) CON, (l) RAD, and (p) RADC) (unit: mm). The black solid squares represent the main rain belt.