The impact of lightning and radar reflectivity factor data assimilation on the very short-term rainfall forecasts of RAMS@ISAC: application to two case studies in Italy

<p>In this paper, we study the impact of lightning and radar reflectivity factor data assimilation on the precipitation VSF (very short-term forecast, 3&thinsp;h in this study) for two severe weather events that occurred in Italy. The first case refers to a moderate and localized rainfall...

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Main Authors: S. Federico, R. C. Torcasio, E. Avolio, O. Caumont, M. Montopoli, L. Baldini, G. Vulpiani, S. Dietrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-08-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/19/1839/2019/nhess-19-1839-2019.pdf