Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Michaelides, Silas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.