Heavy Precipitation in the Alpine Region (HERA): Areal Rainfall Determination for Flood Warnings Through in-situ Measureme nts, Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Modelling |
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Authors: | H Volkert |
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Institution: | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosph?re, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, DE
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Abstract: | Summary. Background and key results of the EU-funded project HERA are presented. The identification of the growing possibilities to
use forecast precipitation fields as input for hydrological models is followed by a broad assessment of the state of the art
regarding the determination of the atmospheric part of the hydrological cycle, with the geographical focus on the mountainous
region of the Alps in the heart of Europe. This includes the construction of (north)Alpine radar composites for nine episodes;
a first systematic cross-validation on a daily basis of four operational forecasting models with a trans-national gridded
observat ional dataset; several detailed case studies involving research versions of operational forecast models and the latest
advances in model resolution and microphysical parameterizations; new algorithms for Doppler radar retrievals over complex
terrain; and synthetic modelling studies with governing parameters derived from the selected cases to investigate some basic
processes in isolation. Finally, implications for proto-type applicatio ns of forecast areal precipitation fields in the hydrological
modelling of mountainous catchments are given.
Received April 14, 1999/Revised August 3, 1999 |
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