1. Preface to the Special Issue on the “Observation, Prediction and Analysis of severe Convection of China” (OPACC) National “973” Projec

   • Ming Xue

   OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1099 - 1101

2. A four-dimensional variational system for skillful operational prediction of convective storms

   • Nathan Snook
   • Qinghong Zhang

   News & Views Open access 22 September 2016 Pages: 1102 - 1103

3. Identification of forcing mechanisms of convective initiation over mountains through high-resolution numerical simulations

   • Zuohao Cao
   • Huaqing Cai

   News & Views Open access 22 September 2016 Pages: 1104 - 1105

4. Assimilating surface observations in a four-dimensional variational Doppler radar data assimilation system to improve the analysis and forecast of a squall line case

   • Xingchao Chen
   • Kun Zhao
   • Wen-Chau Lee

   OriginalPaper Open access 22 September 2016 Pages: 1106 - 1119

5. Convective initiation by topographically induced convergence forcing over the Dabie Mountains on 24 June 2010

   • Qiwei Wang
   • Ming Xue
   • Zhemin Tan

   OriginalPaper Open access 22 September 2016 Pages: 1120 - 1136

6. Precipitation responses to radiative effects of ice clouds: A cloud-resolving modeling study of a pre-summer torrential precipitation event

   • Xinyong Shen
   • Wenyan Huang
   • Xiaocen Jiang

   OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1137 - 1142

7. Evaluation of two momentum control variable schemes and their impact on the variational assimilation of radarwind data: Case study of a squall line

   • Xin Li
   • Mingjian Zeng
   • Haixia Mei

   OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1143 - 1157

8. Variational assimilation of satellite cloud water/ice path and microphysics scheme sensitivity to the assimilation of a rainfall case

   • Yaodeng Chen
   • Ruizhi Zhang
   • Lina Zhang

   OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1158 - 1170

9. Parameterization of sheared entrainment in a well-developed CBL. Part I: Evaluation of the scheme through large-eddy simulations

   • Peng Liu
   • Jianning Sun
   • Lidu Shen

   OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1171 - 1184

10. Parameterization of sheared entrainment in a well-developed CBL. Part II: A simple model for predicting the growth rate of the CBL

    • Peng Liu
    • Jianning Sun
    • Lidu Shen

    OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1185 - 1198

11. The effects of land surface process perturbations in a global ensemble forecast system

    • Guo Deng
    • Yuejian Zhu
    • Zhe Zhang

    OriginalPaper 22 September 2016 Pages: 1199 - 1208