Radar Hydrology

Preface About the Authors Introduction to Basic Radar Principles Radar Components The Radar Beam The Radar Pulse Signal Processing References Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Radar Calibration Quality Control Signal Processing Fuzzy Logic Precipitation Rate Estimation Vertical Profile of Reflectivity Rain Gauge Adjustment Space-Time Aggregation Remaining Challenges Uncertainty Estimation References Polarimetric Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Polarimetric Radar Variables Polarimetric Radar Data Quality Control Noise Effect and Reduction Clutter Detection and Removal Attenuation Correction Calibration Self-Consistency Check Hydrometeor Classification Polarimetric Characteristics of Radar Echoes Classification Algorithms Polarimetric Radar-Based QPE Microphysical Retrievals Raindrop Size Distribution Model DSD Retrieval Snowfall and Hail Estimation Validation References Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Algorithm Single-Radar Processing Dual-Polarization Quality Control Vertical Profile of Reflectivity Correction Product Generation Precipitation Typology Precipitation Estimation Verification Discussion References Advanced Radar Technologies for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Mobile and Gap-Filling Radars ARRC's Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) NSSL's X-Band Polarimetric Mobile Radar (NOXP) ARRC's Atmospheric Imaging Radar (AIR) ARRC's Polarimetric X-Band 1000 (PX-1000) Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) Spaceborne Radars Precipitation Radar aboard TRMM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar aboard NASA GPM Phased-Array Radar Design Aspects and Product Resolution Dual Polarization Impact on Hydrology References Radar Technologies for Observing the Water Cycle The Hydrologic Cycle Surface Water Streamflow Radar Surface Water Altimetry Synthetic Aperture Radar Subsurface Water L-Band Radar C-Band Radar Ground-Penetrating Radar Subsurface Water References Radar QPE for Hydrologic Modeling Overview of Hydrological Models Model Classes Model Parameters Model State Variables and Data Assimilation Hydrological Model Evaluation Hydrological Evaluation of Radar QPE Case Study in Ft. Cobb Basin, Oklahoma Evaluation with a Hydrologic Model Calibrated to a Reference QPE Evaluation with Monte Carlo Simulations from a Hydrologic Model Evaluation with a Hydrologic Model Calibrated to Individual QPEs References Flash Flood Forecasting Flash Flood Guidance Flash Flood Guidance: History Lumped Flash Flood Guidance Flash Flood Potential Index Gridded Flash Flood Guidance Comments on the Use of Flash Flood Guidance Threshold Frequency Approach References