Measuring Precipitation from Space: EURAINSAT and the Future (Advances in Global Change Research)

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
European Commission Research for Global Climate Change Studies: Towards Improved Water Observations and Forecasting Capability....Pages 3-6
Is Man Actively Changing the Environment....Pages 7-24
The Global Precipitation Climatology Project....Pages 25-35
Oceanic Precipitation Variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation....Pages 37-47
Global Satellite Datasets: Data Availability for Scientists and Operational Users....Pages 49-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Cloud Top Microphysics as a Tool for Precipitation Measurements....Pages 61-77
The Retrieval of Cloud Top Properties Using VIS-IR Channels....Pages 79-95
Cloud Microphysical Properties Retrieval During Intense Biomass Burning Events Over Africa and Portugal....Pages 97-111
3D Effects in Microwave Radiative Transport Inside Precipitating Clouds: Modeling and Applications....Pages 113-125
Cloud Microphysical Properties from Remote Sensing of Lightning within the Mediterranean....Pages 127-134
The Worth of Long-Range Lightning Observations on Overland Satellite Rainfall Estimation....Pages 135-148
Neural Network tools for Satellite Rainfall Estimation....Pages 149-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Passive Microwave Precipitation Measurements at Mid- and High Latitudes....Pages 165-177
The Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF): Description and Current Applications....Pages 179-188
Past, Present and Future of Microwave Operational Rainfall Algorithms....Pages 189-198
Space-Borne Radar Algorithms....Pages 199-212
Rain Type Classification Algorithm....Pages 213-224
Dual-Wavelength Radar Algorithm....Pages 225-234
A Next-generation Microwave Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm for use by TRMM and GPM....Pages 235-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
The University of Birmingham Global Rainfall Algorithms....Pages 255-267
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Multivariate Probability Matching for Microwave Infrared Combined Rainfall Algorithm (MICRA)....Pages 269-279
Toward Improvements in Short-time Scale Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates using Blended Satellite Techniques....Pages 281-290
Global Rainfall Analyses at Monthly and 3-h Time Scales....Pages 291-305
CPC MORPHING Technique (CMORPH)....Pages 307-317
CMAP: The CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation....Pages 319-328
Rainfall Estimation Using a Cloud Patch Classification Map....Pages 329-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Methods for Verifying Satellite Precipitation Estimates....Pages 345-356
Assessment of Satellite Rain Retrieval Error Propagation in the Prediction of Land Surface Hydrologi....Pages 357-368
EURAINSAT Algorithm Validation and Intercomparison Exercise....Pages 369-380
Ground Validation for the Global Precipitation Climatology Project....Pages 381-392
Validation of Rainfall Algorithms at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center....Pages 393-401
Ground Networks: Are We Doing the Right Thing?....Pages 403-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Aerosol Impact on Precipitation from Convective Clouds....Pages 421-434
The Wisconsin Dynamic/Microphysical Model (WISCDYMM) and the use of it to Interpret Satellite-Observed Storm Dynamics....Pages 435-446
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Global Rainfall Data Assimilation Experimentation....Pages 447-457
Rainfall Assimilation into Limited Area Models....Pages 459-470
Implementing an Operational Chain: The Florence LaMMA Laboratory....Pages 471-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Satellite Precipitation Algorithms for Extreme Precipitation Events....Pages 485-495
Application of a Blended MW-IR Rainfall Algorithm to the Mediterranean....Pages 497-507
Retrieving Precipitation with GOES, Meteosat, and Terra/MSG at the Tropics and Mid-latitudes....Pages 509-519
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Model and Satellite Analysis of the November 9–10, 2001 Algeria Flood....Pages 521-534
Modeling Microphysical Signatures of Extreme Events in the Western Mediterranean to Provide a Basis for Diagnosing Precipitation from Space....Pages 535-547
Online Visualization and Analysis: A New Avenue to use Satellite Data for Weather, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Research and Applications....Pages 549-558
Front Matter....Pages 559-559
The Space-Based Component of the World Weather Watch\'s Global Observing System (GOS)....Pages 561-570
The Meteosat and EPS/Metop Satellite Series....Pages 571-586
The Evolution of the NOAA Satellite Platforms....Pages 587-600
Japan\'s Role in the Present and Future Satellite Observation for Global Water Cycle Research....Pages 601-609
International Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Program and Mission: An Overview....Pages 611-653
Snowfall Measurements by Proposed European GPM Mission....Pages 655-674
Observing Rain by Millimetre–Submillimetre Wave Sounding from Geostationary Orbit....Pages 675-692
The CGMS/WMO Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Matters....Pages 693-704
The International Precipitation Working Group: A Bridge Towards Operational Applications....Pages 705-712
Back Matter....Pages 713-724