Assimilation of DAWN Doppler wind lidar data during the 2017 Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX): impact on precipitation and flow structure

Hristova-Veleva, Svetla; Zhang, Sara Q.; Turk, F. Joseph; Haddad, Ziad S.; Sawaya, Randy C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3333-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3333-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3333-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

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06 May 2021

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Assimilation of DAWN Doppler wind lidar data during the 2017 Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX): impact on precipitation and flow structure

Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Sara Q. Zhang, F. Joseph Turk, Ziad S. Haddad, and Randy C. Sawaya

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Joe Turk, 08 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Joe Turk, 23 Feb 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Joe Turk on behalf of the Authors (25 Feb 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Feb 2021) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (01 Mar 2021)

RR by Ad Stoffelen (19 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2021) by Ad Stoffelen

Short summary

The assimilation of airborne-based three-dimensional winds into a mesoscale weather forecast model resulted in better agreement with airborne radar-derived precipitation 3-D structure at later model time steps. More importantly, there was also a discernible impact on the resultant wind and moisture structure, in accord with independent analysis of the wind structure and external satellite observations.