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

Figure 7

Wind (wind barbs) and relative humidity (shaded, unit: %) at 700 hPa and geopotential height (blue lines, unit: 10 gpm) at 500 hPa ((a) CON, (b) RAD, (c) RADC) and wind increments between initial conditions for (d) RAD and CON (blue lines indicate wind velocity, unit: m/s) and specific humidity increment between RADC and RAD (shaded in (d), unit: g/kg) at 700 hPa.

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