The role of weather radar in rainfall estimation and its application in meteorological and hydrological modelling—A review

Z Sokol, J Szturc, J Orellana-Alvear, J Popova… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radar-based rainfall information has been widely used in hydrological and meteorological
applications, as it provides data with a high spatial and temporal resolution that improve …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of the ZR Relationship through spatial analysis of X-band weather radar and rain gauge data

A Bournas, E Baltas - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
In weather radar applications, the ZR relationship is considered one of the most crucial
factors for providing quality quantitative precipitation estimates. However, the relationship's …

[HTML][HTML] Quality-based combination of multi-source precipitation data

A Jurczyk, J Szturc, I Otop, K Ośródka, P Struzik - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
A quantitative precipitation estimate (QPE) provides basic information for the modelling of
many kinds of hydro-meteorological processes, eg, as input to rainfall-runoff models for flash …

[HTML][HTML] Radar Estimation of Intense Rainfall Rates through Adaptive Calibration of the ZR Relation

A Libertino, P Allamano, P Claps, R Cremonini, F Laio - Atmosphere, 2015 - mdpi.com
Rainfall intensity estimation from weather radar is still significantly uncertain, due to local
anomalies, radar beam attenuation, inappropriate calibration of the radar reflectivity factor …

A terrain‐based weighted random forests method for radar quantitative precipitation estimation

X Yang, Q Kuang, W Zhang… - Meteorological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While weather radar is widely used for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) in C hina
and many other countries, the performance of radar QPE is unsatisfactory. A major reason …

Analysis of the ZR relationship using X-Band weather radar measurements in the area of Athens

A Pappa, A Bournas, K Lagouvardos, E Baltas - Acta Geophysica, 2021 - Springer
This research work focuses on the investigation of the ZR relationship impact on weather
radar rainfall estimates, through the correlation of a X-Band weather radar estimates and …

Climatological Calibration of ZR Relationship for Pahang River Basin

W Tahir, WH Azad, N Husaif, S Osman… - Jurnal Teknologi …, 2019 - journals.utm.my
Flood disaster due to prolonged heavy rainfall had caused millions ringgit of property losses,
infrastructure damages and numerous deaths in the east coast region of Peninsular …

[PDF][PDF] Development and implementation of a methodological framework for early warning of intense floods using innovative technologies

A Bournas - 2024 - dspace.lib.ntua.gr
The main scope of this Ph. D. dissertation is the development and implementation of a
methodological framework for early warning of intense floods using innovative technologies …

Weather radar adjustment using runoff from urban surfaces

M Ahm, MR Rasmussen - Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Weather radar data used for urban drainage applications are traditionally adjusted to point
ground references, eg, rain gauges. However, the available rain gauge density for the …

New Calibration Formula for Radar–Rainfall Relationships Analysis

A Nikahd, M Shabani - Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 2024 - Springer
A unipolar ground-based weather radar is a widely-used instrument for rainfall
measurement. These radar measurements, however, need to be calibrated for more …