Abstract: Because of a lack of data, the structural characteristics of rain fields over the sea are poorly documented. Coastal radars offer an opportunity to observe the distribution of rain parameters at the land?sea transition. ...

Abstract: The area?time integral (ATI) method has previously been successfully used to estimate the area-averaged rain-rate distribution and the rainfall volume over an area from radar or from satellite infrared (IR) data. In most ...

Abstract: Precipitation measurement using passive or active microwaves from space- or ground-based radar involves hypotheses about the raindrop size distribution (DSD). A universal knowledge of DSD characteristics is needed. A 4-yr ...