Evaluation of the Impacts of Assimilating the TAMDAR Data on 12/4 km Grid WRF-Based RTFDDA Simulations over the CONUS

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(a) Percentage improvements for root mean squared error (RMSE) and (b) correlation improvement for temperature, mixing ratio, relative humidity, and wind speed due to the assimilation of the TAMDAR data (Domain 1: red bars; Domain 2: blue bars). The abscissa represents the variables while the ordinate represents the improvement. The statistics are averaged over all sounding locations, the 400–600 hPa layer, and the 6-day (August 1 through August 6) simulation period.

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