Weather radar in complex orography

U Germann, M Boscacci, L Clementi, M Gabella… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Applications of weather radar data to complex orography are manifold, as are the problems.
The difficulties start with the choice of suitable locations for the radar sites and their …

GPM DPR retrievals: Algorithm, evaluation, and validation

L Liao, R Meneghini - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The primary goal of the dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) aboard the Global
Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite is to infer precipitation rate and …

Assessment of IMERG precipitation estimates over Europe

A Navarro, E García-Ortega, A Merino, JL Sánchez… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper evaluates Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals from GPM (IMERG-F) over Europe
for the period 2014–2018 in order to evaluate application of the retrievals to hydrology …

Inter-comparison of rain-gauge, radar, and satellite (IMERG GPM) precipitation estimates performance for rainfall-runoff modeling in a mountainous catchment in …

P Gilewski, M Nawalany - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is one of the essential variables in rainfall-runoff modeling. For hydrological
purposes, the most commonly used data sources of precipitation are rain gauges and …

The contribution of rain gauges in the calibration of the IMERG product: Results from the first validation over Spain

FJ Tapiador, A Navarro… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
After 5 years in orbit, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has produced
enough quality-controlled data to allow the first validation of their precipitation estimates …

RainForest: a random forest algorithm for quantitative precipitation estimation over Switzerland

D Wolfensberger, M Gabella, M Boscacci… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) is a difficult task, particularly in complex
topography, and requires the adjustment of empirical relations between radar observables …

Spatial interpolation of precipitation from multiple rain gauge networks and weather radar data for operational applications in Alpine catchments

A Foehn, JG Hernández, B Schaefli, G De Cesare - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasing meteorological data availability and quality implies an adaptation of the
interpolation methods for data combination. In this paper, we propose a new method to …

Cross-validation of observations between the GPM dual-frequency precipitation radar and ground based dual-polarization radars

SK Biswas, V Chandrasekar - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Observatory is equipped with a
dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) with capability of measuring precipitation …

Spatial variability in snow precipitation and accumulation in COSMO–WRF simulations and radar estimations over complex terrain

F Gerber, N Besic, V Sharma, R Mott, M Daniels… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
Snow distribution in complex alpine terrain and its evolution in the future climate is important
in a variety of applications including hydropower, avalanche forecasting and freshwater …

Comparison of the GPM IMERG final precipitation product to RADOLAN weather radar data over the topographically and climatically diverse Germany

T Ramsauer, T Weiß, P Marzahn - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Precipitation measurements provide crucial information for hydrometeorological
applications. In regions where typical precipitation measurement gauges are sparse …