Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction
Water cycling and the future availability of fresh water resources are immense societal concerns that impact all nations on Earth as it affects virtually every environmental issue. Precipitation is also a fundamental component of the weather/climate system for it regulates the global energy and radi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Measurement of precipitation
- The 2D-Video-Distrometer
- Using vibrating-wire technology for precipitation measurements
- Measurements of light rain, drizzle and heavy fog
- The Droplet Spectrometer – a measuring concept for detailed precipitation characterization
- Quality control of precipitation data
- Estimation of precipitation
- Global precipitation measurement
- Operational discrimination of raining from non-raining clouds in mid-latitudes using multispectral satellite data
- Estimation of precipitation from space-based platforms
- Combined radar–radiometer retrievals from satellite observations
- Ground estimation
- Rain microstructure from polarimetric radar and advanced disdrometers
- On the use of spectral polarimetry to observe ice cloud microphysics with radar
- Performance of algorithms for rainfall retrieval from dual-polarization X-band radar measurements
- Underwater estimation
- Underwater acoustic measurements of rainfall
- Prediction of precipitation
- Probabilistic evaluation of ensemble precipitation forecasts
- Improved nowcasting of precipitation based on convective analysis fields
- Overview of methods for the verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts
- Objective verification of spatial precipitation forecasts
- Integration of measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation
- Combined use of weather radar and limited area model for wintertime precipitation type discrimination
- Adjusting ground radar using space TRMM Precipitation Radar
- Implementing a multiplatform precipitation experiment