The Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX)
Abstract
During the presummer rainy season (April–June), southern China often experiences frequent occurrences of extreme rainfall, leading to severe flooding and inundations. To expedite the efforts in improving the quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF) of the presummer rainy season rainfall, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) initiated a nationally coordinated research project, namely, the Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX) that was endorsed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a research and development project (RDP) of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP). The SCMREX RDP (2013–18) consists of four major components: field campaign, database management, studies on physical mechanisms of heavy rainfall events, and convection-permitting numerical experiments including impact of data assimilation, evaluation/improvement of model physics, and ensemble prediction. The pilot field campaigns were carried out from early May to mid-June of 2013–15. This paper: i) describes the scientific objectives, pilot field campaigns, and data sharing of SCMREX; ii) provides an overview of heavy rainfall events during the SCMREX-2014 intensive observing period; and iii) presents examples of preliminary research results and explains future research opportunities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1175/bams-d-15-00235.1
Entities
People
- Ben Jong-dao Jou
- Bin Wang
- Chih-pei Chang
- Da-Lin Zhang
- Hongyan Wang
- Hui Wang
- Huijun Huang
- Jiaxiang Sun
- Juhui Ma
- Kun Zhao
- Mei‐Yan Gao
- Mengwen Wu
- Qilin Wan
- Richard H. Johnson
- Rudi Xia
- Wai Kin Wong
- Weimiao Qian
- Xi Liu
- Xindong Peng
- Xinghua Bao
- Xubin Zhang
- Yangruixue Chen
- Yanjiao Xiao
- Yanluan Lin
- Yijun Zhang
- Yuejian Zhu
- Zhehu Cui
- Zheng Ruan
- Zhiqun Hu
- Zhiyong Meng
Organizations
- Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
- Civil Aviation Administration of China
- Colorado State University
- Hong Kong Observatory
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Peking University
- Tsinghua University
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- University of Maryland