Abstract
Weather observations are conventionally performed by C-band weather radars with spatial and temporal resolution of 1 km and 5 min, respectively. However, in recent years, C-band weather radars have been upgraded from single to dual-polarimetric to improve the quality of their measurements. Still, these spatial and temporal resolutions might be undesirable for the detection of localized heavy rainfall which might be necessary to model fast rainfall-runoff processes in urbanized areas. Therefore, X-band weather radars have been introduced to increase the resolution of rainfall rate (R) estimation. For example, in the USA, a network of dual-polarimetric X-band radars has been used to estimate rainfall rates of severe storms at high-resolution (Wang and Chandrasekar, 2010). In Western Europe, the RainGain project includes a network of X-band radars to obtain high-resolution rainfall rates to cope with urban flooding (http://www.raingain.edu).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Rainfall in Urban and Natural Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas (UrbanRain 2015) |
Place of Publication | Zurich |
Publisher | ETH Zürich |
Number of pages | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas: Rainfall in Urban and Natural Systems, UrbanRain 2015 - Pontresina, Switzerland Duration: 1 Dec 2015 → 5 Dec 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas: Rainfall in Urban and Natural Systems, UrbanRain 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Switzerland |
City | Pontresina |
Period | 1/12/15 → 5/12/15 |