Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0 |
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.