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Informationen zum Autor Firat Y. Testik and Mekonnen Gebremichael are the authors of Rainfall: State of the Science, published by Wiley. Klappentext Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 191 Zusammenfassung Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 191. Rainfall: State of the Science offers the most up-to-date knowledge on the fundamental and practical aspects of rainfall. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...