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Rainfall

Modeling, Measurement and Applications

  • 1st Edition - January 21, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Renato Morbidelli
  • Language: English

Rainfall: Physical Process, Measurement, Data Analysis and Usage in Hydrological Investigations integrates different rainfall perspectives, from droplet formation and modeli… Read more

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Description

Rainfall: Physical Process, Measurement, Data Analysis and Usage in Hydrological Investigations integrates different rainfall perspectives, from droplet formation and modeling developments to the experimental measurements and their analysis, to application in surface and subsurface hydrological investigations. Each chapter provides an updated representation of the involved subject with relative open problems and includes a case study at the end of the chapter. The book targets postgraduate readers studying meteorology, civil and environmental engineering, geophysics, agronomy and natural science, as well as practitioners working in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, agronomy and water resource management.

Key features

  • Presents comprehensive coverage of rainfall-related topics, from the basic processes involved in the drop formation to data use and modeling
  • Provides real-life examples for practical use in the form of a case study in each chapter

Readership

Atmospheric Scientists and hydrologists. Environmental engineers and climate scientists

Table of contents

Section I Representation of Rainfall Formation and Development

1. Rainfall Microphysics

2. Meteorological Systems Producing Rainfall

3. Rainfall Modeling

Section II Measurement and Determination of Rainfall

4. Rain Gauge Network Design

5. Rainfall Estimation by Meteorological Radars

6. Rainfall Estimation by Satellites

Section III Rainfall Data Analysis

7. Time Resolution of Rain Gauge Data and its Hydrological Role

8. Mean Areal Precipitation Estimation: Issues and Methods

9. Intensity-Duration-Frequency-Curves

10. Analysis of Extreme Rainfall Events and Climatic Change

11. Rainfall Regionalization Techniques

Section IV Rainfall in the Hydrological Modeling

12. Rainfall and Flood Development

13. Rainfall and Groundwater Flow

14. Rainfall and Landslides Development

15. Rainfall and Droughts

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 21, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Renato Morbidelli

Renato Morbidelli is a professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Constructions at the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy. Before this he was an associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy. From 2016 he held the national position of Full Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Constructions. Morbidelli completed his PHD in 1998. He has been the editor of numerous journals, including an Associate Editor for Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier). His main topics of research include: Real time flood forecasting; semi-distributed rainfall-runoff modelling; rainfall analysis; climatic change analysis; infiltration modeling; spatial variability of soil hydraulic characteristics. He has published numerous papers and chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Constructions, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy

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