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Prediction of Rain Occurrence and Accumulation Using Multifrequency Radiometric Observations

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A nowcasting technique has been proposed to estimate the impending rain accumulation using ground-based radiometric measurements at Kolkata, a tropical location, and a prediction model is developed and tested on several intense rain events during the period 2014–2015.
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A nowcasting technique has been proposed to estimate the impending rain accumulation using ground-based radiometric measurements at Kolkata (22.65°N, 88.45°E), a tropical location. It has been observed that the normalized variation of brightness temperature (BT) at 31 GHz along with the standard deviation of BT at 22 GHz and instability indices, namely, lifting index, have shown definite changes before rain events. A combination of these three parameters can be effective in predicting rain events both qualitatively and quantitatively. Accordingly, a prediction model is developed and tested on several intense rain events during the period 2014–2015. The model is found to perform reasonably well in predicting intense rain about 70–75 min in advance with an efficiency of 80%.

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