Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 4451 (2014); Published: 25 March 2014; Updated: 15 July 2014

This Article contains an error in the affiliations of the authors Sai Hao, Hongxiong Xu and Xiangde Xu. The correct affiliations for these authors are listed below:

Sai Hao2, Hongxiong Xu3, Xiangde Xu3

2State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

3State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;