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Weather radar rainfall data in urban hydrology
Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, 9220,
Denmark
Thomas Einfalt
hydro & meteo GmbH & Co KG, 23552 Lübeck, Germany
Patrick Willems
Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
Jesper Ellerbæk Nielsen
Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, 9220,
Denmark
Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis
Department of Water Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft,
2628 CN, the Netherlands
Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of
Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
Michael R. Rasmussen
Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, 9220,
Denmark
Peter Molnar
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093,
Switzerland
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This paper reviews how weather radar data can be used in urban hydrological applications. It focuses on three areas of research: (1) temporal and spatial resolution of rainfall data, (2) rainfall estimation, radar data adjustment and data quality, and (3) nowcasting of radar rainfall and real-time applications. Moreover, the paper provides examples of urban hydrological applications which can benefit from radar rainfall data in comparison to tradition rain gauge measurements of rainfall.
This paper reviews how weather radar data can be used in urban hydrological applications. It...
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