Precipitation: advances in measurement, estimation and prediction

This volume is the outcome of contributions from 51scientists who were invited to expose their latest findings on precipitation research and in particular,on the measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation. The reader ispresented with a blend of theoretical, mathematical and technical treatise ofprecipitation science but also with authentic applications, ranging from local field experiments and country-scale campaigns to multinational space endeavors. This book is addressed to all scientists involved in precipitation research, but also to those researchers from the wider area of atmospheric sciences whose interests touch on such an extremely important weather phenomenon as precipitation. Moreover, the book aims at introducing newcomers in the field of precipitation science to the various up-to-date scientific facets of the subject, by exposing the full dimensions of the measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation. The book is prologued by Prof. Eric A. Smith. No other book covering exactly this topic INDICE: From the contents Part I. Measurement of precipitation.- Chapter 1The 2-D-Video-Distrometer.- Chapter 2 Using vibrating-wire technology for precipitation measurements.- Chapter 3 Measurements of rain, drizzle and heavy fog.- Chapter 4 The Droplet Spectrometer - a measuring concept for detailed precipitation characterization.- Chapter 5 – Quality control of precipitation data.- Part II. Estimation of precipitation.- i. Space estimation.- Chapter 6 Global Precipitation Measurement.- Chapter 7 Operational discrimination of rainingfrom non-raining clouds in mid-latitudes using multi spectral satellite data.- Chapter 8 Estimation of precipitation from space-based platforms.- Chapter 9Combined radar-radiometer retrievals from satellite observations.- Part II. Estimation of precipitation.- ii. Ground estimation.- Chapter 10 Rain microstructure from polarimetric radar and advanced disdrometers.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-77654-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 532
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés