Table 2: Impact of the nine RO soundings on TC genesis of TD8 experiments set up.

COSMIC Four-Quadrant	WRFDA 3.2.1 3-DVAR	FNL + wetPrf (Refractivity), RO sounding divided in four quadrants
COSMIC-Individual	WRFDA 3.2.1 3-DVAR	FNL + wetPrf (Refractivity), individual RO soundings
COSMIC-SAL	WRFDA 3.2.1 3-DVAR	FNL + wetPrf (Refractivity), RO sounding 2, 4, and 8