Rainfall. Modeling, Measurement and Applications

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

Authors

Renato Morbidelli Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Constructions, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy. 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.