Radar hydrology : principles, models, and applications / Yang Hong, Jonathan J. Gourley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hong, Yang, author.

Contributor:

Gourley, Jonathan J., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrometeorology.

Radar in hydrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radar Hydrology: Principles, Models, and Applications provides graduate students, operational forecasters, and researchers with a theoretical framework and practical knowledge of radar precipitation estimation. The only text on the market solely devoted to radar hydrology, this comprehensive reference:Begins with a brief introduction to radarFocuses on the processing of radar data to arrive at accurate estimates of rainfallAddresses advanced radar sensing principles and applicationsCovers radar technologies for observing each component of the hydrologic cycleExamines state-of-the-art hydrologi

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Basic Radar Principles; Chapter 2: Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation; Chapter 3: Polarimetric Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation; Chapter 4: Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Algorithm; Chapter 5: Advanced Radar Technologies for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation; Chapter 6: Radar Technologies for Observing the Water Cycle; Chapter 7: Radar QPE for Hydrologic Modeling; Chapter 8: Flash Flood Forecasting; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2014).

ISBN:

9781351832304

1351832301

9781315216416

1315216418

9781466514621

1466514620

OCLC:

898156229