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Investigation of an extreme rainfall event during 8–12 December 2018 over central Vietnam – Part 1: Analysis and cloud-resolving simulation
Chung-Chieh Wang
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Duc Van Nguyen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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Short summary
A record-breaking rainfall event over central Vietnam is investigated. Key factors include the combined effect of northeasterly wind, easterly wind blowing to central Vietnam from the western North Pacific (WNP), southeasterly wind, local topography, and high sea surface temperature (SST) over WNP and the South China Sea (SCS). The cloud-resolving storm simulator (CReSS) is applied to simulate this event. The results show that the model mostly captured the quantitative rainfall of this event.
A record-breaking rainfall event over central Vietnam is investigated. Key factors include the...
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