Forecast Experiment for Operational Application of Water Loading Prediction Model

This paper is based on the operational limited area prediction model run in National Meteorological Center. The horizontal resolution was increased from 1°×1° to 0.5°×0.5° grid in latitude and longitude. The vertical layer was increased from 15 to 20, and the explicit precipitation scheme was introduced into the model physical processes. Using the improved model, a case of forecast experiment on heavy rainfall caused by a landing typhoon in August, 1997 was made, and the results are reasonable.