2-D spatial distribution of rainfall rate through combined use of radar reflectivity and rain gauge data

F. Cuccoli (1) , L. Facheris (1) , D. Giuli (1) , M. Casamaggi (1)

1 Dept. of Electronics & Telecommunications

This paper describes and comments the results obtained applying a data processing method to a joint set of radar and a rain gauge data for estimating the 2-D rainfall field at ground averaged over a given observation time T and over a radar coverage area that includes a rain gauge network. The estimate of the rainfall field is based on the processing of a data set composed by rain gauge and horizontal reflectivity radar data gathered during a rainfall phenomenon. The procedure has been tested on an experimental data set collected in Tuscany in 1999.

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre

F. Cuccoli, L. Facheris, D. Giuli, M. Casamaggi. 2-D spatial distribution of rainfall rate through combined use of radar reflectivity and rain gauge data. Advances in Geosciences, 2005, 2, pp.93-95. ⟨hal-00296846⟩