Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction - Michaelides, Silas C.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
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.
Keywords: Atmospheric sciences; Hydrogeology; Geographical information systems; Meteorology; Remote sensing; Environmental monitoring; Atmospheric Sciences; Hydrogeology; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Meteorology; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis