Japan is an archipelago with diverse climate zones and complex topography that is prone to heavy rain and flooding. Add the ...

As reservoir levels dwindle in the Southwest, scientists have developed a method to estimate summer rainfall in the region months in advance. These seasonal predictions can enable state and local ...

Land use, or what humans use their land for like agriculture, residential, or industrial purposes, has a big impact on the water quality of a stream or lake. Impervious surfaces cause water to move ...

Researchers at Google AI employed a trained convolutional neural network in nowcasting precipitation. The results were instantaneous and more accurate than traditional methods in certain scenarios. A ...

ABSTRACT Compared to traditional single-polarization radar, dual-polarization radar has a number of advantages for quantitative precipitation estimation because more information about the drop size ...

Bayesian model averaging (BMA) is a popular ensemble-based postprocessing approach where the weighted average of the individual members is used to generate predictive forecasts. As the BMA formulation ...

A new study reveals that the Brazilian Amazon produces rainfall worth about $20 billion per year to regional agriculture.