Precipitation Simulation Associated with Typhoon Sinlaku (2002) in the Taiwan Area Using the Laps Diabatic Initialization for MM5

摘要

A precipitation simulation associated with Typhoon Sinlaku (2002) using the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) initialized diabatically with the Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) is evaluated over the Taiwan area. The purpose is to test the performance of the LAPS diabatic data assimilation technique on the short-range quantitative precipitation forecasts for the typhoon. The observed rainfall distribution associated with Sinlaku was closely related to the topography in northern Taiwan.