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Measuring Precipitation from Space EURAINSAT and the Future /

More than 20 years after the last book on the subject the worldwide precipitation community has produced a comprehensive overview of its activities, achievements, ongoing research and future plans. Measuring Precipitation from Space presents state-of-the-art rainfall estimation algorithms, validatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Levizzani, V. (Autor), Bauer, P. (Autor), Turk, F. Joseph (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Advances in Global Change Research, 28
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Climate Monitoring
  • European Commission Research for Global Climate Change Studies: Towards Improved Water Observations and Forecasting Capability
  • Is Man Actively Changing the Environment
  • The Global Precipitation Climatology Project
  • Oceanic Precipitation Variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation
  • Global Satellite Datasets: Data Availability for Scientists and Operational Users
  • Cloud Studies in Support of Satellite Rainfall Measurements
  • Cloud Top Microphysics as a Tool for Precipitation Measurements
  • The Retrieval of Cloud Top Properties Using VIS-IR Channels
  • Cloud Microphysical Properties Retrieval During Intense Biomass Burning Events Over Africa and Portugal
  • 3D Effects in Microwave Radiative Transport Inside Precipitating Clouds: Modeling and Applications
  • Cloud Microphysical Properties from Remote Sensing of Lightning within the Mediterranean
  • The Worth of Long-Range Lightning Observations on Overland Satellite Rainfall Estimation
  • Neural Network tools for Satellite Rainfall Estimation
  • Rainfall Algorithms
  • Passive Microwave Precipitation Measurements at Mid- and High Latitudes
  • The Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF): Description and Current Applications
  • Past, Present and Future of Microwave Operational Rainfall Algorithms
  • Space-Borne Radar Algorithms
  • Rain Type Classification Algorithm
  • Dual-Wavelength Radar Algorithm
  • A Next-generation Microwave Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm for use by TRMM and GPM
  • Blended Techniques
  • The University of Birmingham Global Rainfall Algorithms
  • Multivariate Probability Matching for Microwave Infrared Combined Rainfall Algorithm (MICRA)
  • Toward Improvements in Short-time Scale Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates using Blended Satellite Techniques
  • Global Rainfall Analyses at Monthly and 3-h Time Scales
  • CPC MORPHING Technique (CMORPH)
  • CMAP: The CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation
  • Rainfall Estimation Using a Cloud Patch Classification Map
  • Validating Satellite Rainfall Measurements
  • Methods for Verifying Satellite Precipitation Estimates
  • Assessment of Satellite Rain Retrieval Error Propagation in the Prediction of Land Surface Hydrologi
  • EURAINSAT Algorithm Validation and Intercomparison Exercise
  • Ground Validation for the Global Precipitation Climatology Project
  • Validation of Rainfall Algorithms at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center
  • Ground Networks: Are We Doing the Right Thing?
  • Modeling Precipitation Processes and Data Assimilation for Nwp
  • Aerosol Impact on Precipitation from Convective Clouds
  • The Wisconsin Dynamic/Microphysical Model (WISCDYMM) and the use of it to Interpret Satellite-Observed Storm Dynamics
  • The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Global Rainfall Data Assimilation Experimentation
  • Rainfall Assimilation into Limited Area Models
  • Implementing an Operational Chain: The Florence LaMMA Laboratory
  • Applications to Monitoring Weather Events
  • Satellite Precipitation Algorithms for Extreme Precipitation Events
  • Application of a Blended MW-IR Rainfall Algorithm to the Mediterranean
  • Retrieving Precipitation with GOES, Meteosat, and Terra/MSG at the Tropics and Mid-latitudes
  • Model and Satellite Analysis of the November 9-10, 2001 Algeria Flood
  • Modeling Microphysical Signatures of Extreme Events in the Western Mediterranean to Provide a Basis for Diagnosing Precipitation from Space
  • Online Visualization and Analysis: A New Avenue to use Satellite Data for Weather, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Research and Applications
  • The Present and Future of Satellite Platforms
  • The Space-Based Component of the World Weather Watch's Global Observing System (GOS)
  • The Meteosat and EPS/Metop Satellite Series
  • The Evolution of the NOAA Satellite Platforms
  • Japan's Role in the Present and Future Satellite Observation for Global Water Cycle Research
  • International Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Program and Mission: An Overview
  • Snowfall Measurements by Proposed European GPM Mission
  • Observing Rain by Millimetre-Submillimetre Wave Sounding from Geostationary Orbit
  • The CGMS/WMO Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Matters
  • The International Precipitation Working Group: A Bridge Towards Operational Applications.