Advances in Meteorology

Precipitation Science: Observations, Retrievals, and Modeling


Publishing date
21 Nov 2014
Status
Published
Submission deadline
04 Jul 2014

1Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM), Toledo, Spain

2Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

3CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy

4National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece

5University of León, Leon, Spain


Precipitation Science: Observations, Retrievals, and Modeling

Description

Advances in space-based observing systems, computing, and data processing techniques have led to unprecedented advances in precipitation science. The increasingly lengthy time span of precipitation data records has prompted new, more detailed climatic analyses, and enhanced numerical models with more complex precipitation microphysics have been proved instrumental for improving the forecast of liquid and solid precipitation. Cross-discipline research and applications are revealing discoveries related to hydrological and land processes, climate, atmospheric composition, and ocean freshwater budget, also proving precipitation studies as a vital element in addressing societal issues.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand precipitation physics and chemistry.

We are particularly interested in articles addressing precipitation estimation, advances in precipitation chemistry, satellite algorithms, CMIP5 climate analyses, solid precipitation science, drop-size distribution modeling, uncertainty analysis, isotopic measurements of precipitation, precipitation and hydrological modeling, and TRMM and GPM applications. Authors participating in the Energy and Environment Knowledge Week congress http://congresse2kw.uclm.es/ are invited to submit the extended versions of their papers to this special issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Raingauge estimates
  • Interpolation methods
  • Disdrometer estimates
  • Precipitation chemistry
  • Radar estimates of precipitation
  • Drop-size distribution modeling
  • Precipitation in regional climate models (RCMs)
  • Precipitation in global climate/circulations models (GCMs)
  • Aerosols and precipitation
  • Assimilation of precipitation
  • CMIP5 projections
  • Solid precipitation
  • Satellite estimates of precipitation
  • Precipitation microphysics
  • Numerical weather prediction (NWP) forecasts
  • Precipitation chemistry
  • Seasonal forecasting of precipitation
  • Hydropower
  • Isotopic measurements of precipitation
  • Gravimetric methods
  • CloudSat contribution to precipitation science
  • Field campaign reports
  • Integrated hydrological modeling

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/amete/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/amete/pres/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 843403
  • - Editorial

Precipitation Science: Observations, Retrievals, and Modeling

Francisco J. Tapiador | Sahra Kacimi | ... | Eduardo García-Ortega
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 379361
  • - Research Article

Numerical Evaluation of the Impact of Urbanization on Summertime Precipitation in Osaka, Japan

Hikari Shimadera | Akira Kondo | ... | Yoshio Inoue
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 151239
  • - Research Article

Evaluation of Three Satellite Precipitation Products TRMM 3B42, CMORPH, and PERSIANN over a Subtropical Watershed in China

Junzhi Liu | Zheng Duan | ... | A-Xing Zhu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 253730
  • - Research Article

Statistical and Physical Descriptions of Raindrop Size Distributions in Equatorial Malaysia from Disdrometer Observations

Hong Yin Lam | Jafri Din | Siat Ling Jong
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 492603
  • - Research Article

Validation of the New Algorithm for Rain Rate Retrieval from AMSR2 Data Using TMI Rain Rate Product

Elizaveta Zabolotskikh | Bertrand Chapron
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 398687
  • - Research Article

Systematic Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products over the Brahmaputra Basin for Hydrological Applications

Sagar Ratna Bajracharya | Wahid Palash | ... | Chhimi Dorji
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 715830
  • - Research Article

Precipitation Regime and Temporal Changes in the Central Danubian Lowland Region

Dana Halmova | Pavla Pekarova | ... | Jan Pekar
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 397395
  • - Research Article

On the Robustness of the Weakening Effect of Anthropogenic Aerosols on the East Asian Summer Monsoon with Multimodel Results

Hongli Wang | Xiaoning Xie | Xiaodong Liu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 294589
  • - Research Article

Effect of Data Assimilation Using WRF-3DVAR for Heavy Rain Prediction on the Northeastern Edge of the Tibetan Plateau

Junhua Yang | Keqin Duan | ... | Jianyong Sun
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2015
  • - Article ID 273730
  • - Research Article

Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Spatial and Temporal Variations of Pore-Water Pressure Responses to Rainfall

M. R. Mustafa | R. B. Rezaur | ... | A. Arif
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