Simulation of Severe Local Storm by Mesoscale Model MM5 and Validation Using Data from Different Platforms

Table 2

Details of various data used.

Platform	Data	Frequency	Application
IMD (surface)	Temperature, pressure, due-point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction.	3 hours	Model input as observation to improve simulation
IMD (RS/RW)	Temperature, due-point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction at pressure levels.	12 hours	Model input as observation to improve simulation
DSS (surface)	Temperature, pressure, due-point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction.	6 hours	Model input as observation to improve simulation
DSS (RS/RW)	Temperature, due-point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction at pressure levels.	12 hours	Model input as observation to improve simulation
DSS (global model)	FNL	6 hours	Model input as initial and boundary data
IMD (Doppler radar)	Max(Z), VIL	1 hour	Model verification
TRMM	Rainfall	3 hours	Model verification