Extreme rainfall events have a large impact on society and can lead to loss of life and property. Weather radars give quantitative precipitation estimates over large areas with a high spatial and temporal resolution unmatched by conventional rain gauge networks ...

The growth of human population and the industrialisation in the 19th and 20th century have led to dramatic changes in the Earth system. The chemical composition of the lowest part of the atmosphere, the troposphere, is changing as a result of human activities ...

Events of extreme precipitation have a huge influence on society. They are associated with flooding, erosion, water damage, and may have impacts on transport and safety. It is commonly expected that precipitation extremes will increase as the climate warms ...

Infrasound was first discovered after the destructive eruption of the Krakatoa in Indonesia (1883). Low frequency acoustic waves, caused by this eruption, appeared to have travelled around the globe up to four times (1). These infrasonic waves were detected world-wide on traditional barographs as ...

Present-day numerical weather forecasting is based on combining atmospheric models with observations from operational weather satellites and routine in-situ and surface measurements. By the ‘assimilation’ of measurements in weather models a detailed description of the present meteorological ...