The role of weather radar in rainfall estimation and its application in meteorological and hydrological modelling—A review

Z Sokol, J Szturc, J Orellana-Alvear, J Popova… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radar-based rainfall information has been widely used in hydrological and meteorological
applications, as it provides data with a high spatial and temporal resolution that improve …

Radar for hydrology: Unfulfilled promise or unrecognized potential?

A Berne, WF Krajewski - Advances in Water Resources, 2013 - Elsevier
Hydrology requires accurate and reliable rainfall input. Because of the strong spatial and
temporal variability of precipitation, estimation of spatially distributed rain rates is …

Skilful nowcasting of extreme precipitation with NowcastNet

Y Zhang, M Long, K Chen, L Xing, R Jin, MI Jordan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme precipitation is a considerable contributor to meteorological disasters and there is a
great need to mitigate its socioeconomic effects through skilful nowcasting that has high …

[HTML][HTML] 强对流天气监测预报预警技术进展

郑永光, 周康辉, 盛杰, 林隐静, 田付友, 唐文苑, 蓝渝… - 应用气象学报, 2015 - html.rhhz.net
强对流天气预报业务包括监测, 分析, 预报, 预警和检验等方面. 对流初生识别,
对流系统强度识别和对流天气类型识别等监测技术取得新进展, 综合多源资料的监测技术已应用 …

[HTML][HTML] Pysteps: An open-source Python library for probabilistic precipitation nowcasting (v1. 0)

S Pulkkinen, D Nerini, AA Pérez Hortal… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
Pysteps is an open-source and community-driven Python library for probabilistic
precipitation nowcasting, that is, very-short-range forecasting (0–6 h). The aim of pysteps is …

[HTML][HTML] Optical flow models as an open benchmark for radar-based precipitation nowcasting (rainymotion v0. 1)

G Ayzel, M Heistermann… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
Quantitative precipitation nowcasting (QPN) has become an essential technique in various
application contexts, such as early warning or urban sewage control. A common heuristic …

Enhancing spatial variability representation of radar nowcasting with generative adversarial networks

A Gong, R Li, B Pan, H Chen, G Ni, M Chen - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Weather radar plays an important role in accurate weather monitoring and modern weather
forecasting, as it can provide timely and refined weather forecasts for the public and for …

Advancing radar nowcasting through deep transfer learning

L Han, Y Zhao, H Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning is emerging as a powerful tool in scientific applications, such as radar-based
convective storm nowcasting. However, it is still a challenge to extend the application of a …

[HTML][HTML] The accuracy of weather radar in heavy rain: a comparative study for Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden

M Schleiss, J Olsson, P Berg, T Niemi… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
Weather radar has become an invaluable tool for monitoring rainfall and studying its link to
hydrological response. However, when it comes to accurately measuring small-scale rainfall …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic 0–1-h convective initiation nowcasts that combine geostationary satellite observations and numerical weather prediction model data

JR Mecikalski, JK Williams, CP Jewett… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R convective
initiation (CI) algorithm predicts CI in real time over the next 0–60 min. While GOES-R CI has …