Image of local energy anomaly during a heavy rainfall event
Yang Shuai1, Zuo Qunjie1, †, Gao Shouting1, 2
       

(a) Observed and (b) simulated total rainfall amount (mm) over western Sichuan Basin from 00 UTC 8 to 06 UTC 10 July 2013. The terrain height above 3 km is outlined; the evolution of area-averaged (c) 10 min precipitation intensity (mm 10 min−1) and (d) vertical motion intensity at 7.58 km level (m·s−1) from 00 UTC 8 to 06 UTC 10 July 2013. Arrows represent the valley/peak times (T1, T3/T2, T4) of precipitation and convection evolutions.