Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Michaelides, Silas C. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.