Atmospheric Precipitation Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 772
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrology; accuracy of atmospheric precipitation measurements; fluid dynamics and environmental engineering; pluvial flooding; sustainable urban drainage
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Interests: ground validation studies of precipitation; disdrometers and particle size distributions; retrieval techniques from radar and in situ devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, Sensors dedicated a Special Issue to rain sensor technologies and applications, collecting several papers on various aspects such as sensor calibration, uncertainty assessment, standardization, and validation. The papers dealt with conventional in situ or remote sensing devices and new technologies.
The present Special Issue on “Atmospheric Precipitation Sensors” aims at continuing the collection of papers related to rain sensors while enlarging its coverage to include solid and mixed precipitation measurement instruments. The goal of this Special Issue is to provide the readership with an understanding of operating principles, accuracy assessment, state of the art, applications, and future trends of precipitation devices. Precipitation (both liquid and solid) is a key element in the water cycle, and its measurement and monitoring are crucial for the management of water resources, flood forecasting, numeric weather prediction, erosion and climate studies, etc. Furthermore, assessing the role of possible climate trends in modifying the frequency and intensity of precipitation events must be based on accurate information about the distribution and variability of precipitation at the global scale and on a long-term basis. Despite its relevance, the ability to measure precipitation, in particular snowfall and hail events, is still somewhat inadequate.
We invite contributions to this Special Issue in the form of articles reporting research about precipitation sensors technologies including measurement principles, network operation, raw data processing (i.e., rainfall or snowfall rate improvements, hydrometeors classification, hail detection, microphysical information retrievals, etc.), calibration, uncertainty assessment, standardization, and validation. Papers regarding in situ and remote sensing devices (ground based and on spaceborne or aircraft platforms) as well as new technologies or opportunistic sensors are welcome. Papers are also invited on the analysis of measured precipitation time series (either on an event or a long-term basis) and of precipitation characteristics and variability (at the local, regional or global scale).
Dr. Arianna Cauteruccio
Dr. Elisa Adirosi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- traditional atmospheric precipitation sensors
- disdrometers
- rain sensors
- snow sensors
- opportunistic sensors
- weather radar
- satellite-borne sensors
- in situ and remote atmospheric precipitation measurements
- satellite vs. ground validation studies
- severe storms analysis, interpretation and nowcasting
- liquid/solid precipitation microphysical parameters
- quantitative precipitation estimation
- data quality
- climate records
- urban-scale monitoring
- sensor networking
- artificial intelligence and multi-sensor big data
- hail detection
- microwave propagation
- rain fading
- meteorology
- climatology
- hydrology
- agriculture
- water management
- environmental monitoring
