Introduction

Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to UPDRAFT
project is a WMO/WWRP Research and Development Project (RDP) . UPDRAFT was proposed by the Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather(LMSWE), and launched in November 2014. Landfalling TCs can bring s

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Scientific Objectives

1
Understanding of key physical processes governing rainfall associated with landfalling TCs
2
Identify the deficiencies of state-of-the-art operational Project models in predicting rainfall associated with TCs
3
Optimal forecasting systems for predicting rainfall associated with landfalling TCs

Multi-scale
Multi-platform
Multi-target

Spatiotemporal resolution
Important processes
Improving representation

Environmental forcing
Land surface process
Microphysiccal process

6-year TC hindcast
5-year inter-comparison
possible error sources

Observing

Understanding

Modeling

Forecasting

Organizational Structure

PI and WMO Secretary

Principal Investigator Kun Zhao(NJU,China)
WMO Secretariat Support Taoyong Peng(TCP) Nanette Lomarda (WWRP)

International Scientific Steering Committee

Lianshou Chan CMA, China
Yihong Duan CMA, China
Johnny Chan CityU, HK
Robert Rogers NOAA, USA
Dong-In Lee PNU,Korea
Hui Yu CMA, China
Ajit Tyagi MES, India
Jeffrey D. Kepert BOM, AUS
Wen-Chau Lee NCAR,USA
Daniel Rosenfeld HUJ, ISR
Munehiko Yamaguchi RMI, Japan