Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2943-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2943-2023
Research article
 | 
14 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 14 Jun 2023

Estimation of extreme precipitation events in Estonia and Italy using dual-polarization weather radar quantitative precipitation estimations

Roberto Cremonini, Tanel Voormansik, Piia Post, and Dmitri Moisseev

Related authors

Database of the Italian disdrometer network
Elisa Adirosi, Federico Porcù, Mario Montopoli, Luca Baldini, Alessandro Bracci, Vincenzo Capozzi, Clizia Annella, Giorgio Budillon, Edoardo Bucchignani, Alessandra Lucia Zollo, Orietta Cazzuli, Giulio Camisani, Renzo Bechini, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Antonini, Alberto Ortolani, Samantha Melani, Paolo Valisa, and Simone Scapin
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 2417–2429, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2417-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2417-2023, 2023
Short summary
Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin, Wolfgang Schöner, Daniele Cat Berro, Gabriele Chiogna, Ludovica De Gregorio, Sven Kotlarski, Bruno Majone, Gernot Resch, Silvia Terzago, Mauro Valt, Walter Beozzo, Paola Cianfarra, Isabelle Gouttevin, Giorgia Marcolini, Claudia Notarnicola, Marcello Petitta, Simon C. Scherrer, Ulrich Strasser, Michael Winkler, Marc Zebisch, Andrea Cicogna, Roberto Cremonini, Andrea Debernardi, Mattia Faletto, Mauro Gaddo, Lorenzo Giovannini, Luca Mercalli, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Andrea Sušnik, Alberto Trenti, Stefano Urbani, and Viktor Weilguni
The Cryosphere, 15, 1343–1382, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021, 2021
Short summary
Comparison of landslide forecasting services in Piedmont (Italy) and Norway, illustrated by events in late spring 2013
Graziella Devoli, Davide Tiranti, Roberto Cremonini, Monica Sund, and Søren Boje
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 1351–1372, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1351-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1351-2018, 2018
An integrated approach to monitoring the calibration stability of operational dual-polarization radars
Mattia Vaccarono, Renzo Bechini, Chandra V. Chandrasekar, Roberto Cremonini, and Claudio Cassardo
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5367–5383, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5367-2016, 2016
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Others (Wind, Precipitation, Temperature, etc.) | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Data Processing and Information Retrieval
Improved consistency in solar-induced fluorescence retrievals from GOME-2A with the SIFTER v3 algorithm
Juliëtte C. S. Anema, K. Folkert Boersma, Lieuwe G. Tilstra, Olaf N. E. Tuinder, and Willem W. Verstraeten
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1961–1979, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1961-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1961-2025, 2025
Short summary
An information content approach to diagnosing and improving CLIMCAPS retrieval consistency across instruments and satellites
Nadia Smith and Christopher D. Barnet
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1823–1839, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1823-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1823-2025, 2025
Short summary
Characterizing urban planetary boundary layer dynamics using 3-year Doppler wind lidar measurements in a western Yangtze River Delta city, China
Tianwen Wei, Mengya Wang, Kenan Wu, Jinlong Yuan, Haiyun Xia, and Simone Lolli
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1841–1857, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1841-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1841-2025, 2025
Short summary
Radar-based high-resolution ensemble precipitation analyses over the French Alps
Matthieu Vernay, Matthieu Lafaysse, and Clotilde Augros
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1731–1755, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1731-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1731-2025, 2025
Short summary
Gravity waves above the northern Atlantic and Europe during streamer events using Aeolus
Sabine Wüst, Lisa Küchelbacher, Franziska Trinkl, and Michael Bittner
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1591–1607, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1591-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1591-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Allen, R. J. and De Gaetano, A. T.: Considerations for the use of radar-derived precipitation estimates in determining return intervals for extreme areal precipitation amounts, J. Hydrol., 315, 203–219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.03.028, 2005. a
Brandes, E. A., Ryzhkov, A. V., and Zrnić Dušan S.: An evaluation of radar rainfall estimates from specific differential phase, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 18, 363–375, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0363:AEORRE>2.0.CO;2​​​​​​​, 2001. a
Bringi, V. N. and Chandrasekar, V.: Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 636 pp., ISBN 9780511541094, 2001. a
Buishand, T. A.: Extreme rainfall estimation by combining data from several sites, Hydrolog. Sci. J., 36, 345–365, https://doi.org/10.1080/02626669109492519, 1991. a
Coles, S.: An introduction to statistical modeling of extreme values, Springer, London, ISBN 978-1-4471-3675-0, 2001. a, b
Download
Short summary
Extreme rainfall for a specific location is commonly evaluated when designing stormwater management systems. This study investigates the use of quantitative precipitation estimations (QPEs) based on polarimetric weather radar data, without rain gauge corrections, to estimate 1 h rainfall total maxima in Italy and Estonia. We show that dual-polarization weather radar provides reliable QPEs and effective estimations of return periods for extreme rainfall in climatologically homogeneous regions.
Share