Review of the different sources of uncertainty in single polarization radar-based estimates of rainfall

G Villarini, WF Krajewski - Surveys in geophysics, 2010 - Springer
It is well acknowledged that there are large uncertainties associated with radar-based
estimates of rainfall. Numerous sources of these errors are due to parameter estimation, the …

Rainfall uncertainty in hydrological modelling: An evaluation of multiplicative error models

H McMillan, B Jackson, M Clark, D Kavetski… - Journal of Hydrology, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents an investigation of rainfall error models used in hydrological model
calibration and prediction. Traditional calibration methods assume input error to be …

Global distribution of three types of drop size distribution representing heavy rainfall from GPM/DPR measurements

J Ryu, HJ Song, BJ Sohn, C Liu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, Gaussian mixture model clustering analysis was carried out to examine
characteristics of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Dual‐frequency Precipitation …

[HTML][HTML] Mixture distributions and the hydroclimatology of extreme rainfall and flooding in the eastern United States

JA Smith, G Villarini, ML Baeck - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mixture Distributions and the Hydroclimatology of Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in the
Eastern United States in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 12 Issue 2 (2011) Jump to …

A comparison study of summer season raindrop size distribution between Palau and Taiwan, two islands in western Pacific

BK Seela, J Janapati, PL Lin, KK Reddy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Raindrop size distribution (RSD) characteristics in summer season rainfall of two
observational sites (Taiwan (24° 58′ N, 121° 10′ E) and Palau (7° 20′ N, 134° 28′ E)) …

Uncertainties on mean areal precipitation: assessment and impact on streamflow simulations

L Moulin, E Gaume, C Obled - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2009 - hess.copernicus.org
This paper investigates the influence of mean areal rainfall estimation errors on a specific
case study: the use of lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff models to simulate the flood …

Characteristics of the raindrop size distributions and their retrieved polarimetric radar parameters in northern and southern China

Q Tang, H Xiao, C Guo, L Feng - Atmospheric Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The characteristics of raindrop size distributions (RSDs) and polarimetric radar parameters
retrieved by T-matrix for stratiform and convective precipitation in Beijing and Zhangbei …

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 …

Characteristics of summer season raindrop size distribution in three typical regions of western Pacific

Z Wu, Y Zhang, L Zhang, H Lei, Y Xie… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Raindrop size distribution (DSD) measurements were taken with an onboard OTT Particle
Size Velocity (Parsivel) disdrometer over the western Pacific during a marine survey from …

An experiment to measure the spatial variability of rain drop size distribution using sixteen laser disdrometers

FJ Tapiador, R Checa… - Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on the results of an experiment designed to measure the spatial
variability of rain drop size distribution (RDSD) at kilometer scale. Eight dual instruments (16 …