| Session Details | |
| Section | HS - Hydrological Sciences |
| Session Title | Radar Hydrology |
| Main Convener | Dr. Alan Seed (Bureau of Meteolorogy, Australia) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Eiichi Nakakita (Kyoto University, Japan) |
| Session Description | There has been a rapid growth in the number of weather radars that are operated in Asian and Oceanic countries over the past five years, while countries in the area with existing networks continue to invest heavily in an effort to improve their quantitative applications. The aim of this session is to provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and experiences that are based on radar networks that range from the fully mature quantitative networks to those that have been recently installed and currently support qualitative applications. What is “radar hydrology”? In a broad sense, this term refers to all kinds of topics for utilizing electromagnetic waves in the field of hydrology such as discharge measurements, detection of ground water and so on. In a limited sense, the term means “hydrological applications of weather radar” which still includes many topics. This session invites presentation of topics in the limited sense such as, 1) Estimation of precipitation using radar data (QPE), 2) Prediction of precipitation using radar data (QPF), 3) Distributed hydrologic modelling with radar data, 4) Hydro-climatic studies based on radar data, 5) Application of weather radars for hydrologic forecasting in different climates, 6) Contributions of radar data to water management, 7) Emerging radar technologies and their potential for hydrologic applications, particularly polarimetric radars, 8) Estimates and forecasts of rainfall from space-borne radars, 9) Operational experience in radar hydrology, 10) Radar data assimilation into meteorological and hydrological models, 11) Radar hydrology in urban areas, 12) Studies of the variability of rainfall in space and time at small scales, 13) Application for forecasting of dangerous hydrologic phenomena, particularly floods due to rainfall from typhoons, 14) Using weather radar data to understand the physical processes that generate precipitation, particularly the role of topography. |