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As individual topics, the terms ""satellite rainfall"" and ""surface hydrology"" have beenmuchwidelystudiedoverthelastfewdecades.Eversincerainfallproducts beguntobedevelopedusingspace-borneinfraredsensorsingeostationaryorbitin theseventies,satelliteremotesensingofrainfallexperiencedtremendousprogress. Microwavesensorsonlowearthorbitscamealongduringtheeightiestoprovide more accurate estimates of rainfall at the cost of limited sampling. As the c- trastingbutcomplementarypropertiesofmicrowaveandinfraredsensorsbecame apparent,mergedrainfallproductsstartedtoappearduringthefollowingdecade.In 1997,theTropicalRainfallMeasuringMission(TRMM)withthe?rstspace-borne active microwave precipitation radar (TRMM-PR), was launched. The success of TRMMinimprovingourunderstandingonTropicalandSub-tropicalrainfalld- tribution and precipitation structures consequently spurred a larger scale mission aimed at the study of global distribution of precipitation. Today, we now eagerly anticipatetheGlobalPrecipitationMeasurement(GPM)mission,whichenvisions aglobalconstellationofmicrowavesensorsthatwillprovidemoreaccurateglobal rainfallproductsathighresolutionfrom2013onwards. Itisthereforesafetoclaimthreedecadesofresearchheritageonsatelliteremote sensing of rainfall. Similarly, the topic of ""surface hydrology"" requires no int- duction for readers of environmental sciences and geosciences either. But what happens if we connect all the individual terms and name it - ""satellite rainfall applications for surface hydrology""? A new topic is created. But little is known aboutthistopicbecausesatelliteremotesensingofrainfallandsurfacehydrology have evolved rather independently of each other. Even though the potential for a space-bornesourceofrainfalldatawasalwaysrecognizedforavarietyofappli- tions(suchas?oodforecastinginungaugedregions,transboundarywaterresources, global/regionaldroughtandagriculturalplanning),the?eldsofsatelliterainfalland surfacehydrologyhavehardlyintersectedduringtheirdevelopmentalstagesduring thelastfewdecades.Wearenowfacedwithamyriadofquestionsrangingfrom commonoperationalissuestodetailedscienti?cinquiries.Someofthesequestions are: There are so many satellite rainfall products currently available - which one does one use for a speci?c application to get the best results? What is the optimum scaleofapplication ofsatelliterainfalldataforagiven surfaceapplication? Whatis the level of uncertainty in each satellite rainfall product and what is the implication v vi Preface for a given surface hydrologic prediction? Where do I acquire the data for research or for operational applications? How are these satellite rainfall products developed and how do they differ from one another? This book by Springer on ""Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology"" is a contribution to both scienti?c and practical questions regarding

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Author:   Mekonnen Gebremichael ,  Faisal Hossain
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.682kg
ISBN:  

9789048129140

ISBN 10:   9048129141
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   23 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Evolution of High Resolution Precipitation Products.- The TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA).- CMORPH: A “Morphing” Approach for High Resolution Precipitation Product Generation.- The Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) for High-Resolution, Low-Latency Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates.- Extreme Precipitation Estimation Using Satellite-Based PERSIANN-CCS Algorithm.- The Combined Passive Microwave-Infrared (PMIR) Algorithm.- The NRL-Blend High Resolution Precipitation Product and its Application to Land Surface Hydrology.- Kalman Filtering Applications for Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP).- Evaluation of High Resolution Precipitation Products.- Neighborhood Verification of High Resolution Precipitation Products.- A Practical Guide to a Space-Time Stochastic Error Model for Simulation of High Resolution Satellite Rainfall Data.- Regional Evaluation Through Independent Precipitation Measurements: USA.- Comparison of CMORPH and TRMM-3B42 over Mountainous Regions of Africa and South America.- Evaluation Through Independent Measurements: Complex Terrain and Humid Tropical Region in Ethiopia.- Error Propagation of Satellite-Rainfall in Flood Prediction Applications over Complex Terrain: A Case Study in Northeastern Italy.- Probabilistic Assessment of the Satellite Rainfall Retrieval Error Translation to Hydrologic Response.- Real Time Operations for Decision Support Systems.- Applications of TRMM-Based Multi-Satellite Precipitation Estimation for Global Runoff Prediction: Prototyping a Global Flood Modeling System.- Real-Time Hydrology Operations at USDA for Monitoring Global Soil Moisture and Auditing National Crop Yield Estimates.- Real-Time Decision Support Systems: The Famine Early Warning System Network.

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Dr. Mekonnen Gebremichael, Assistant Professor of Hydrology at the University of Connecticut, has over 20 peer-reviewed publications in the field, and is a recipient of awards including NASA's New Investigator program. His co-editor, Dr. Faisal Hossain, is Assistant Professor of Water Resources in the Civil Engineering department of Tennessee Technological University. He has over 40 peer-reviewed publications in various fields ranging from groundwater contamination mapping, flood prediction, satellite precipitation, transboundary water resources issues and engineering education.

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