improving the predictability both of convective cells and mesoscale convective systems.
Furthermore, the assimilation of radar reflectivity and radial velocity have shown potential
for very-short-range numerical prediction of rapidly developing convective systems.
It is well known that the reflectivity is related to the amount of precipitation, size and
water phase of the hydrometeors, whereas the radial velocity contains information on
15 vertical atmospheric motions which are both important for the onset and development
of convection.