Rainfall

State of the Science
Herausgeber: Testik, Firat Y; Gebremichael, Mekonnen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 191

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 287
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1293g
• ISBN-13: 9780875904818
• ISBN-10: 0875904815
• Artikelnr.: 53301995

Autorenporträt

Firat Y. Testik and Mekonnen Gebremichael are the authors of Rainfall: State of the Science, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Firat Y. Testik and Mekonnen Gebremichael vii

Microphysics, Measurement, and Analyses of Rainfall
Mekonnen Gebremichael and Firat Y. Testik 1

Section I: Rainfall Microphysics

Raindrop Morphodynamics
B. K. Jones, J. R. Saylor, and F. Y. Testik 7

The Evolution of Raindrop Spectra: A Review of Microphysical Essentials
K. D. Beheng 29

Raindrop Size Distribution and Evolution
Greg M. McFarquhar 49

Section II: Rainfall Measurement and Estimation

Ground-Based Direct Measurement
Emad Habib, Gyuwon Lee, Dongsoo Kim, and Grzegorz J. Ciach 61

Radar and Multisensor Rainfall Estimation for Hydrologic Applications
Dong-Jun Seo, Alan Seed, and Guy Delrieu 79

Dual-Polarization Radar Rainfall Estimation
Robert Cifelli and V. Chandrasekar 105

Quantitative Precipitation Estimation From Earth Observation Satellites
Chris Kidd, Vincenzo Levizzani, and Sante Laviola 127

Section III: Statistical Analysis

Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves
S. Rocky Durrans 159

Frequency Analysis of Extreme Rainfall Events
Salaheddine El Adlouni and Taha B. M. J. Ouarda 171

Methods and Data Sources for Spatial Prediction of Rainfall
T. Hengl, A. AghaKouchak, and M. Percec Tadic 189

Rainfall Generation
Ashish Sharma and Raj Mehrotra 215

Radar-Rainfall Error Models and Ensemble Generators
Pradeep V. Mandapaka and Urs Germann 247

Framework for Satellite Rainfall Product Evaluation
Mekonnen Gebremichael 265

AGU Category Index 277

Index 279