Oral Programme NH1.1

NH1.1

Precipitation Science
Convener: E. A. Smith  | Co-Conveners: A. Mugnai , G. J. Tripoli , E. Foufoula-Georgiou , G. Boni , M.-C. Llasat 
Oral Programme
 / Tue, 21 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 13:30–19:00  / Room 6
 / Wed, 22 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / Room 6
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Wed, 22 Apr, 13:30–17:00  / Halls X/Y

Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Room 6
Chairperson: Prof. Eric A. Smith
Precipitation and Water Cycle Processes in Climate System

08:30–08:45
EGU2009-13897
An updated view of global water cycling (solicited) Press & Media
P.R. Houser, A. Schlosser, and J. Lehr
08:45–09:00
EGU2009-13880
The impact of tropical cyclone remnants on the rainfall of the North American Southwest region (solicited) Press & Media
E.A. Ritchie and K. Wood
09:00–09:15
EGU2009-13902
Global precipitation research in the framework of GEWEX: Future challenges and overview (solicited)
P.J. van Oevelen, P. Arkin, R. Adler, and V. Levizzani
09:15–09:30
EGU2009-13911
Precipitation teleconnections induced by land-cover change in tropical regions (solicited)
R. Avissar
09:30–09:45
EGU2009-13883
Generation mechanism of the ENSO rainfall center in the tropical Pacific: Multiple-timescale processes (solicited)
M. T.-C. Chen
09:45–10:00
EGU2009-11782
Extreme rainfall events sorted by climatological regime using 11 years of TRMM products (solicited)
C. Liu and E. Zipser
COFFEE BREAK
Physical Properties, Processes, and Scaling concerning Precipitation Production, Precipitation Microphysics, Storm Life Cycles, and Water Cycling

10:30–10:45
EGU2009-5891
Scale-invariant exploratory analysis of the structure of short-term rainfall over the Azores archipelago (solicited)
M.I.P. de Lima
10:45–11:00
EGU2009-13938
The space-time relations for radiances and reflectivities from TRMM and MTSAT data (solicited)
S. Lovejoy, J. Pinel, and D. Schertzer
11:00–11:15
EGU2009-13946
Scale behaviour of dry spells (solicited)
A.A. Carsteanu, A. Barbulescu, and A. Ionescu
11:15–11:30
EGU2009-13931
Polarimetric measurements of precipitation over urban environments (solicited)
A.J. Pereira Filho
11:30–11:45
EGU2009-13817
High-resolution observations of rainfall: Potential for scaling studies (solicited)
J. Ventura Figueras and H. Russchenberg
11:45–12:00
EGU2009-8363
In-depth analyses of oceanic CloudSat reflectivity profiles burdened by multiple-scattering (solicited)
A. Battaglia and C. Simmer
LUNCH BREAK
Regional Characteristics of Precipitation

13:30–13:45
EGU2009-13892
Summertime precipitation patterns associated with the sea breeze and land breeze in southern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana (solicited)
P. Fitzpatrick, C.M. Hill, J.H. Corbin, Y.H. Lau, and S.K. Bhate
13:45–14:00
EGU2009-13865
Compatibility of precipitation and streamflow changes over the northern regions (solicited)
D. Yang
14:00–14:15
EGU2009-13826
Reconstruction of the 8-9 September 2002 catastrophic flood event in the Gard region, France: Radar rainfall estimation, hydrologic and hydraulic modelling (solicited)
G. Delrieu, L. Bonnifait, and B. Boudevillain
14:15–14:30
EGU2009-13691
Uncertainties in small-scale precipitation forecasts (solicited)
L. Ferraris, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, and N. Rebora
14:30–14:45
EGU2009-8647
Extreme Rainfall From Orographic Thunderstorms in the Central Appalachians (solicited)
J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, A.A. Ntelekos, G. Villarini, and M. Steiner
14:45–15:00
EGU2009-741
Estimation of probable maximum precipitation for southwest basin (Iran) (solicited)
e. fattahi
COFFEE BREAK
Predictability of Extreme Hydrometeorological Events

15:30–15:45
EGU2009-5574
Hydrologic Forecasting in the 21st Century: Challenges and Directions of Research (solicited)
P. Restrepo and J. Schaake
15:45–16:00
EGU2009-13878
Assessing the predictive skill of satellite-based precipitation estimates in hydrologic applications (solicited)
E. Wood, M. Pan, and H. Li
16:00–16:15
EGU2009-12158
Multiphysics Modeling in Watershed Systems: How Weak Nonlinearities Amplify Extreme Events (solicited)
C. Duffy and M. Kumar
16:15–16:30
EGU2009-11473
Seamless Probabilistic Forecasting of Convective Storms (solicited)
G. C. Craig
16:30–16:45
EGU2009-5634
Where to measure point rainfall during extreme flash flood events in mountainous catchments? (solicited)
P.A. Troch, T. Volkmann, S.W. Lyon, and H. Gupta
16:45–17:00
EGU2009-13922
Precipitation based hydrometeorological services of the Deutscher Wetterdienst for water management and flood protection in Germany (solicited)
T. Fuchs, A. Gratzki, and B. Rudolf
BREAK
17:30–19:00
Solicited Poster Summaries


Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Room 6
Chairperson: Dr. Giorgio Boni
Remotely-Sensed Precipitation, Storm, and Water Cycle Observations

08:30–08:45
EGU2009-13855
A synthetic aperture microwave spectrometer for precipitation and surface wind imaging in tropical cyclones (solicited)
C. Ruf, M.C. Bailey, R. Hood, M. James, J. Johnson, L. Jones, T. Miller, and E. Uhlhorn
08:45–09:00
EGU2009-11666
High-resolution rainfall signatures on X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery: model analysis and experimental validation (solicited)
F.S. Marzano, S. Mori, A. Mugnai, and J.A. Weinman
09:00–09:15
EGU2009-13848
Potential for path-average rainfall estimation from combined microwave and optical attenuation measurements (solicited)
R. Uijlenhoet and H. Leijnse
09:15–09:30
EGU2009-13919
Validation of satellite remote-sensing precipitation: A hydrologic perspective (solicited)
W.F. Krajewski and G.J. Ciach
09:30–09:45
EGU2009-13906
Application of MET for the validation of satellite precipitation estimates (solicited)
P. Kucera, B. Brown, R. Bullock, and D. Ahijevych
09:45–10:00
EGU2009-13822
Ensemble representation of uncertainty in quantitative precipitation estimation: Requirements, techniques and challenges (solicited)
T. Bellerby and J. Schaake
COFFEE BREAK
Linking Observations to Modeling and Model Simulations in Climate, Weather, and Hydrometeorology

10:30–10:45
EGU2009-14097
Observational analyses and numerical simulations of the transition of a tropical wave critical layer to a tropical depression (solicited)
M.T. Montgomery
10:45–11:00
EGU2009-13872
Analysis of nonequilibrium and nondeterministic convection in a cloud-resolving model (solicited)
D. Randall and T. Jones
11:00–11:15
EGU2009-13687
Problems and applications in precipitation forecasting (solicited) Press & Media
A. Buzzi
11:15–11:30
EGU2009-13682
Uncertainty in numerical modeling of deep moist convective processes: The role of microphysics (solicited)
A. Parodi
11:30–11:45
EGU2009-13947
Linking daytime land-atmosphere interactions, moist convection, and nocturnal rainfall in the SGP (solicited)
A.P. Barros and P. Shrestha
11:45–12:00
EGU2009-13664
Rainfall variability and extremes over southern Africa: Assessment of a climate model to reproduce daily extremes (solicited)
C.J.R. Williams, D.R. Kniveton, and R. Layberry