[HTML][HTML] Statistical postprocessing for weather forecasts: Review, challenges, and avenues in a big data world

S Vannitsem, JB Bremnes, J Demaeyer… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Statistical postprocessing techniques are nowadays key components of the forecasting
suites in many national meteorological services (NMS), with, for most of them, the objective …

Operational early warning systems for water-related hazards in Europe

L Alfieri, P Salamon, F Pappenberger… - … Science & Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Preparedness towards natural hazards is a key factor in the reduction of their impact on the
society. Recent international initiatives are fostering the development of a culture of risk …

Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows

M Borga, M Stoffel, L Marchi, F Marra, M Jakob - Journal of Hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Flash floods and debris flows develop at space and time scales that conventional
observation systems for rainfall, streamflow and sediment discharge are not able to monitor …

Flash flood forecasting, warning and risk management: the HYDRATE project

M Borga, EN Anagnostou, G Blöschl… - Environmental Science & …, 2011 - Elsevier
The management of flash flood hazards and risks is a critical component of public safety and
quality of life. Flash-floods develop at space and time scales that conventional observation …

Weather radar rainfall data in urban hydrology

S Thorndahl, T Einfalt, P Willems… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
Application of weather radar data in urban hydrological applications has evolved
significantly during the past decade as an alternative to traditional rainfall observations with …

Flash flood forecasting: What are the limits of predictability?

CG Collier - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Flash floods may occur suddenly and be accompanied by other hazards such as landslides,
mud flows, damage to infrastructure and even death. In the UK such events are …

Twenty first century climatic and hydrological changes over Upper Indus Basin of Himalayan region of Pakistan

S Ali, D Li, F Congbin, F Khan - Environmental Research Letters, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This study is based on both the recent and the predicted twenty first century climatic and
hydrological changes over the mountainous Upper Indus Basin (UIB), which are influenced …

Spatial and temporal evaluation of radar rainfall nowcasting techniques on 1,533 events

RO Imhoff, CC Brauer, A Overeem… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radar rainfall nowcasting, the process of statistically extrapolating the most recent rainfall
observation, is increasingly used for very short range rainfall forecasting (less than 6 hr …

Scale‐dependent blending of ensemble rainfall nowcasts and numerical weather prediction in the open‐source pysteps library

RO Imhoff, L De Cruz, W Dewettinck… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flash flood early warning requires accurate rainfall forecasts with a high spatial and
temporal resolution. As the first few hours ahead are already not sufficiently well captured by …

Weather radar in complex orography

U Germann, M Boscacci, L Clementi, M Gabella… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Applications of weather radar data to complex orography are manifold, as are the problems.
The difficulties start with the choice of suitable locations for the radar sites and their …