Description:

Global and regional quantitative precipitation estimates (QPEs) are critical for understanding climate variability and hydrometeorological cycles, detecting natural disasters, improving flash flood and weather forecasts, and effectively managing the use of earth's freshwater resources. However, obtaining accurate QPEs is a big challenge in many areas of the world, due to sparse gauge networks, complex terrain, and global water cycle acceleration. Recent advances in radar and satellite remote sensing of precipitation are progressing rapidly, with the aims of providing accurate and high-resolution precipitation estimates, accurate flash flood forecasting, and understanding the causes and underlying processes of these natural hazards. This session invites high quality, original research contributions from radar and satellite meteorology, including improved QPE retrievals from satellite and radar remote observations and novel methods to merge existing remotely sensed QPE with multiple satellite/radar products and/or in-situ observations. Assessments of new or improved QPE product performance, as well as demonstrations of the applicability of remotely sensed QPEs for improved weather and hazards forecasting or improved understanding of hydrometeorological processes are also encouraged.