Triggering Mechanism of an Extreme Rainstorm Process near the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, an Arid Region in China, Based on a Numerical Simulation

Figure 8

Vertical cross sections of simulated temperature disturbance (shaded, unit: °C; the solid black line is the area where the echo was greater than 10 dBZ representing the rainstorm system, the same as below) along the black solid line CD shown in Figure 5. (a) Initiation stage at 12:00 on July 31. (b) Development stage at 16:00 on July 31. (c) Maturity stage at 17:30 on July 31. (d) Extinction stage at 22:00 on July 31, 2016.

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