Hydrology requires accurate and reliable rainfall input. Because of the strong spatial and
temporal variability of precipitation, estimation of spatially distributed rain rates is …

It is well acknowledged that there are large uncertainties associated with radar-based
estimates of rainfall. Numerous sources of these errors are due to parameter estimation, the …

A new two-moment cloud microphysics scheme predicting the mixing ratios and number
concentrations of five species (ie, cloud droplets, cloud ice, snow, rain, and graupel) has …

Abstract The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was launched on 27
November 1997, and data from all the instruments first became available approximately 30 …

Idealized simulations of the 15 May 2009 squall line from the Second Verification of the
Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) are evaluated in this study. Four …

Abstract An impact-type Joss–Waldvogel disdrometer (JWD), a two-dimensional video
disdrometer (2DVD), and a laser optical OTT Particle Size and Velocity (PARSIVEL) …

The question of the connections between raindrop-size distributions (RDSDS) and radar
reflectivity–rainfall rate Z–R relationships is explored from the combined approach of rain …

Raindrop size distribution (RSD) characteristics of summer and winter seasons over north
Taiwan are analyzed by using long‐term (~ 12 years) raindrop spectra from Joss‐Waldvogel …

Understanding drop size distribution (DSD) variability has important implications for remote
sensing and numerical modeling applications. Twelve disdrometer datasets across three …

Optical disdrometers are present weather sensors with the ability of providing detailed
information on precipitation such as rain intensity, radar reflectivity or kinetic energy …