Hong / Gourley Radar Hydrology

Principles, Models, and Applications
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4665-1462-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

This comprehensive reference is dedicated to radar hydrology. After a brief introduction to radar, the book moves into advanced radar principles and applications. Particular attention is given to the processing of radar data to arrive at accurate estimates of rainfall. The book then introduces advanced radar sensing principles. It covers each component of the hydrologic cycle in detail and discusses state-of-the-art hydrologic models, including their inputs, parameters, state variables, calibration procedures, and outputs. The book also introduces contemporary approaches in data assimilation and concludes with methods, case studies, and prediction systems design. MATLAB® downloads will be available.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hong, Yang

Gourley, Jonathan J.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Basic Radar Principles
Radar components
The radar beam
The radar pulse
Signal processing

Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
Radar calibration
Quality control
Precipitation rate estimation
Vertical profile of reflectivity
Rain gauge adjustment
Space-time aggregation
Remaining challenges
Uncertainty estimation

Polarimetric Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
Polarimetric radar variables
Polarimetric radar data quality control
Hydrometeor classification
Polarimetric radar-based QPE
Microphysical retrievals

Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Algorithm
Single radar processing
Precipitation typology
Precipitation estimation
Verification
Discussion

Advanced Radar Technologies for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
Mobile and gap-filling radars
Spaceborne radars
Phased-array polarimetric radar

Radar Technologies for Observing the Water Cycle
Hydrologic cycle
Surface water
Radars for subsurface water

Radar in Hydrologic modeling
Overview of hydrologic models
Hydrologic evaluation of radar QPE
QPE error propagation in a hydrologic model

Flood forecasting
Role and characteristics of observations
Rainfall threshold methods
Flood frequency analysis
Case studies