A detailed intercomparison was performed for the period January 1998–June 1999 of three different sets of rainfall observations over the watershed covered by the National Weather Service Arkansas–Red Basin River Forecast Center (ABRFC). The rainfall datasets were 1) hourly 4-km-resolution ABRFC-produced P1 estimates, 2) 15-min 2-km resolution NOWrad estimates produced and marketed by Weather Se...

This study investigates the sensitivity of the estimated monthly convective rain fraction— that is, the percentage of the areal rain accumulation contributed by precipitation identified as convective—to variations of the Z–R parameters used in radar-based rainfall estimation. Accurate knowledge of the fractions of precipitation that are convective and stratiform is important for climatological ...

today, capacity, development, and real independence of countries largely are linked with the ability to produce and publication of science. purpose of this research is evaluation of the relative performance of research and development performance of iran in compared with the region's countries by combined approach of dea/topsis. to this end, research and development activities of fourteen ...

One of the key challenges of climate science today is the understanding and prediction of rainfall and other precipitation events [6]. It holds high values for both scientists and policymakers in terms of obtaining novel scientific insight into the processes of precipitation formation, as well as predictions and associated uncertainties which decide future policy decisions based on them. One of...

rainfall is considered a highly valuable climatologic resource, particularly in arid regions. as one of the primaryinputs that drive watershed dynamics, rainfall has been shown to be crucial for accurate distributed hydrologicmodeling. precipitation is known only at certain locations; interpolation procedures are needed to predict this variablein other regions. in this study, the ordinary cokri...

Droughts are one of the most damaging climatic phenomena, and the most complex natural hazard  which affects the economy, agriculture, public health and environment in large areas. The aim of this study is to compare drought indicators derived from tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) data in the south of Iran. Also the TRMM rainfall was considered, so as to investigate changes in the rai...

The South African Weather Service is mandated to issue warnings of hazardous weather events, including those related to heavy precipitation, in order to safeguard life and property. Flooding and flash flood events are common in South Africa. Frequent updates and real-time availability of precipitation data are crucial to support hydrometeorological warning services. Satellite rainfall estimatio...

We present a novel statistical downscaling method that provides accurate and relatively transparent simulations of local-scale precipitation characteristics. The method combines large-scale upper-air circulation with surface precipitation fields, and is based on a nonhomogeneous stochastic weather typing approach. Here we applay the method to downscale precipitation at 37 rain gauges in the sta...