doi:https://doi.org/

Editor(s): R. Uijlenhoet, H. Leijnse, and P. Molnar

The purpose of the special issue is to provide an overview of recent advances and future directions concerning the measurement of precipitation from the local to the global scale and the characterization of its space-time variability.

29 Apr 2015

Evaluation of precipitation estimates over CONUS derived from satellite, radar, and rain gauge data sets at daily to annual scales (2002–2012)

O. P. Prat and B. R. Nelson

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2037–2056, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2037-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2037-2015, 2015

17 Apr 2015

Stochastic bias correction of dynamically downscaled precipitation fields for Germany through Copula-based integration of gridded observation data

G. Mao, S. Vogl, P. Laux, S. Wagner, and H. Kunstmann

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1787–1806, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1787-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1787-2015, 2015

16 Apr 2015

Storm type effects on super Clausius–Clapeyron scaling of intense rainstorm properties with air temperature

P. Molnar, S. Fatichi, L. Gaál, J. Szolgay, and P. Burlando

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1753–1766, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1753-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1753-2015, 2015

25 Mar 2015

Scoping a field experiment: error diagnostics of TRMM precipitation radar estimates in complex terrain as a basis for IPHEx2014

Y. Duan, A. M. Wilson, and A. P. Barros

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1501–1520, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1501-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1501-2015, 2015

02 Mar 2015

Polarimetric radar observations during an orographic rain event

M. Frech and J. Steinert

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1141–1152, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1141-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1141-2015, 2015

04 Feb 2015

On the sensitivity of urban hydrodynamic modelling to rainfall spatial and temporal resolution

G. Bruni, R. Reinoso, N. C. van de Giesen, F. H. L. R. Clemens, and J. A. E. ten Veldhuis

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 691–709, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-691-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-691-2015, 2015

26 Jan 2015

Precipitation variability within an urban monitoring network via microcanonical cascade generators

P. Licznar, C. De Michele, and W. Adamowski

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 485–506, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-485-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-485-2015, 2015

11 Dec 2014

Characterising the space–time structure of rainfall in the Sahel with a view to estimating IDAF curves

G. Panthou, T. Vischel, T. Lebel, G. Quantin, and G. Molinié

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 5093–5107, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5093-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5093-2014, 2014

05 Dec 2014

Comparison of rainfall estimations by TRMM 3B42, MPEG and CFSR with ground-observed data for the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia

A. W. Worqlul, B. Maathuis, A. A. Adem, S. S. Demissie, S. Langan, and T. S. Steenhuis

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4871–4881, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4871-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4871-2014, 2014

27 Nov 2014

The effect of flow and orography on the spatial distribution of the very short-term predictability of rainfall from composite radar images

L. Foresti and A. Seed

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4671–4686, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4671-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4671-2014, 2014

30 Oct 2014

LiDAR measurement of seasonal snow accumulation along an elevation gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada, California

P. B. Kirchner, R. C. Bales, N. P. Molotch, J. Flanagan, and Q. Guo

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4261–4275, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4261-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4261-2014, 2014