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Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2849-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2849-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
Research article
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17 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2021

Investigating 3D and 4D variational rapid-update-cycling assimilation of weather radar reflectivity for a heavy rain event in central Italy

Vincenzo Mazzarella, Rossella Ferretti, Errico Picciotti, and Frank Silvio Marzano

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Forecasting precipitation over the Mediterranean basin is still a challenge. In this context, data assimilation techniques play a key role in improving the initial conditions and consequently the timing and position of the precipitation forecast. For the first time, the ability of a cycling 4D-Var to reproduce a heavy rain event in central Italy, as well as to provide a comparison with the largely used cycling 3D-Var, is evaluated in this study.
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