The German Priority Program SPP1167 "Quantitative Precipitation Forecast"

In April 2004, the German Research Foundation (DFG) founded the Priority Program 1167 on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF), also called “Precipitationis Quantitativae Predictio (PQP)”. The program was initiated by Andreas HENSE and Clemens SIMMER, University of Bonn; Christoph KOTTMEIER, University of Karlsruhe/Karlsruhe Research Center; Gerhard ADRIAN, German Meteorological Service (DWD); and Volker WULFMEYER, University of Hohenheim. PQP is aiming at the improvement of short-range to medium-range QPF in mid Europe. Specifically, the goals of this six-year exercise are: