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Book SynopsisPublished 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.
Table of ContentsPreface
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
