Radar Rainfall Estimation for Modeling and Design
*Open only to Central Ohio Section Members
*Seating is limited to the first 25 people
*Bring your own lunch
Hydrologists and engineers are modeling watersheds and designing water infrastructure based on sampling the tiniest of points in the rainfall field at rates of "parts per billion." Practitioners are forced to interpolate what actually falls between the gages to estimate total volumes of incoming rainfall. With the deployment of National Weather Service Doppler Radars in the 1990s, a new method of estimating rainfall emerged. Radar could "see" between the gages, providing a high resolution view of the spatial variability of rainfall. This webinar provides an introduction to radar rainfall estimation and the merging of radar and rain gage data to improve rainfall estimation. Key challenges, pitfalls, and traps facing radar rainfall users are discussed along with strategies to navigate around them.
RSVP to Mark.Seidelmann@stantec.com by Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Webinar Outline
- Review rain observation with rain gages
- Introduction to radar rainfall estimation
- Merging rain gage and radar rainfall estimates
- Using gage adjusted radar rainfall in modeling and design applications
- A glimpse to the future
Learning Outcomes / Benefits
- Gain a new perspective of traditional rainfall measurement
- Understand the basics of radar rainfall estimation
- Learn how rain gage and radar data are combined to improve rainfall estimation
- Understand the strengths and weaknesses of radar rainfall estimation
- Learn how to improve hydrologic modeling and design using radar rainfall estimates
- Improve understanding of rainfall measurement
- Learn to navigate around challenges, traps, and pitfall associated with radar rainfall estimation
- Gain perspective on the current state-of-the are in rainfall estimation
- Learn practical approaches for utilizing radar rainfall estimation
- Learn about applications with historical, real-time, and forecast radar rainfall
See the ASCE website for more info.
The Central Ohio Section of ASCE sponsors free continuing education webinars as a service to our members. These webinars are produced by ASCE and normally cost $250 or $300 for ASCE members. However, the Central Ohio Section is paying the registration fee and inviting any interested section members to attend for free. Just RSVP to Mark.Seidelmann@stantec.com by the deadline. Seating is limited, so do not delay.
You can see the complete list of webinars available from ASCE National on their website. If you see one you like, let us know. If you and your company would like to host one, let us know that too. If you open it up to any interested Central Ohio ASCE section members to come, we will pay the registration fee.