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Table 1. Characteristcs of wind pro<strong>file</strong>rs of WINDAS.AFrequency1357.5 MHzAntennacoaxial colinear arrays <strong>with</strong> gainof 33dB and size of 4m x 4mPeak Power 1.8 kWBeam width 4 deg.Beam configuration 5 beamsPulse length 0.67, 1.33, 2.00, 4.00 10 -6 sec.PRF5, 10, 15, 20 kHzSide robe level -40dB or -60dB(at elevation angles of 0-10deg)Basic dataDoppler moments every 1minuteDistributed data U,V,W-components of wind,S/N ratio & data quality flag every 10 minutesPressure(hPa)4005006007008009001000WPR (June)TMP (June)WPR (July )TMP (July )0 1 2 3 4 5 6Figure 3. Vertical distributions of RMSEs of pro<strong>file</strong>rwinds (WPR) from winds RMSE(m/s) by mesoscale model(MSM)and those of radiosondes winds (TMP).u-components of winds in June and July 2001 areexamined.HEIGHT(m)9000TotalNonprecipitationUnder precipitation800070006000500040003000200010000J UNE JULY AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL2001 2002Figure2. Monthly total means of height coverage for 25 wind pro<strong>file</strong>rs of WINDAS.(a) (b) (c)135ERR130EWWRRWRWWWWWWWR3-hour rainfall amount (mm)100kmFigure 4. Result of an observing system experiment on comparison between forecasts by the mesoscale model (MSM)and observations for 3-hour rainfall amount. The initial time is 12UTC on 19 June 2001. (a) forecasts from MSM and 4D-VAR <strong>with</strong>out pro<strong>file</strong>r data but radiosonde data, (b) forecasts from MSM and 4D-VAR <strong>with</strong> both pro<strong>file</strong>r data andradiosonde data, and (c) rainfall amount observed by radars and rain gauges during 12 to 15UTC. ‘R’s in (a) and (b)indicate the locations of the radiosonde sites and ‘W’s in (b) the locations of the wind pro<strong>file</strong>r sites.356

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