Advances in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring / / edited by Tommaso Moramarco, Roberto Ranzi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ranzi, Roberto,; Moramarco, Tommaso,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 pages)

Basin hydrology is related to the soil-atmosphere interaction driven by several blended processes constrained by the space-time variability of precipitation and soil moisture, along with overland flow and flood routing in natural channels. The emerging technologies for the monitoring and prediction of the spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall and soil moisture over a catchment, as well as the hillslope and river runoff, are of considerable interest to predict the hydrological responses of a catchment. In this context, this Special Issue, with its eleven theoretical and applied contributions, aims to shed light on the more recent advances in ground observations and remote sensing products, as well as on the benefits resulting from the integration of technological innovation and the development of new ideas in hydrology science. To this purpose, the accepted articles, written by leading researchers in their field, are intended to present and discuss experimental analyses at the catchment scale in terms of: a. intensive measurement campaigns of soil moisture by in situ sensors, remote sensing and modelling approaches; b. discharge monitoring also for high floods, by leveraging advanced technology for ground surface velocity measurements and spaceborne observations of water surface elevation, river width and slope; c. solid precipitation-measuring methods and the selection of snow gauge stations by merging meteorological, hydrological and remote sensing datasets; d. changes in daily precipitation of different intensities over large river basins along with the identification of the space-time rainfall field for different climatic regions ; and finally e. spatial evaporation patterns in different climate regions and assessment of the dominant climate factors affecting the evaporative demand of the atmosphere. Hopefully this Special Issue provides different useful insights into advancements in emerging technologies for the monitoring of key hydrological variables and will support the design of a scalable system of operational tools leading to suitable flood mitigation measures and reliable real-time warning systems.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editors . v -- Preface to "Advances in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring" vii -- Luca Brocca, Luca Ciabatta, Christian Massari, Stefania Camici and Angelica Tarpanelli Soil Moisture for Hydrological Applications: Open Questions and New Opportunities doi:10.3390/w9020140 . 1 -- Giulia Raffelli, Maurizio Previati, Davide Canone, Davide Gisolo, Ivan Bevilacqua, Giorgio Capello, Marcella Biddoccu, Eugenio Cavallo, Rita Deiana, Giorgio Cassiani and Stefano Ferraris Local- and Plot-Scale Measurements of Soil Moisture: Time and Spatially Resolved Field Techniques in Plain, Hill and Mountain Sites doi:10.3390/w9090706 . 21 -- Yanzhong Li, Changming Liu and Kang Liang Spatial Patterns and Influence Factors of Conversion Coefficients between Two Typical Pan Evaporimeters in China doi:10.3390/w 49 -- Mohammad J. Tourian, Omid Elmi, Abolfazl Mohammadnejad and Nico Sneeuw Estimating River Depth from SWOT-Type Observables Obtained by Satellite Altimetry and Imagery doi:10.3390/w9100753 . 64 -- Tommaso Moramarco, Silvia Barbetta and Angelica Tarpanelli From Surface Flow Velocity Measurements to Discharge Assessment by the Entropy Theory doi:10.3390/w9020120 . 86 -- Ichiro Fujita Discharge Measurements of Snowmelt Flood by Space-Time Image Velocimetry during the Night Using Far-Infrared Camera doi:10.3390/w9040269 . 98 -- Bo Qu, Aifeng Lv, Shaofeng Jia and Wenbin Zhu Daily Precipitation Changes over Large River Basins in China, 1960-2013 doi:10.3390/w8050185 . 113 -- Alessandro Mazza Space-Time Characterization of Rainfall Field in Tuscany doi:10.3390/w9020086 . 131 -- Chee Loong Wong, Juneng Liew, Zulkifli Yusop, Tarmizi Ismail, Raymond Venneker and Stefan Uhlenbrook Rainfall Characteristics and Regionalization in Peninsular Malaysia Based on a High Resolution Gridded Data Set doi:10.3390/w8110500 . 148 -- Giovanna Grossi, Amerigo Lendvai, Giovanni Peretti and Roberto Ranzi Snow Precipitation Measured by Gauges: Systematic Error Estimation and Data Series Correction in the Central Italian Alps doi:10.3390/w9070461 . 164 -- Bahram Saghafian, Rahman Davtalab, Arezoo Rafieeinasab and M. Reza Ghanbarpour An Integrated Approach for Site Selection of Snow Measurement Stations doi:10.3390/w8110539 . 178.