Measurement of precipitation -- The 2D-Video-Distrometer -- Using vibrating-wire technology for precipitation measurements -- Measurements of light rain, drizzle and heavy fog -- The Droplet Spectrometer – a measuring concept for detailed precipitation characterization -- Quality control of precipitation data -- Estimation of precipitation -- Global precipitation measurement -- Operational discrimination of raining from non-raining clouds in mid-latitudes using multispectral satellite data -- Estimation of precipitation from space-based platforms -- Combined radar–radiometer retrievals from satellite observations -- Ground estimation -- Rain microstructure from polarimetric radar and advanced disdrometers -- On the use of spectral polarimetry to observe ice cloud microphysics with radar -- Performance of algorithms for rainfall retrieval from dual-polarization X-band radar measurements -- Underwater estimation -- Underwater acoustic measurements of rainfall -- Prediction of precipitation -- Probabilistic evaluation of ensemble precipitation forecasts -- Improved nowcasting of precipitation based on convective analysis fields -- Overview of methods for the verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts -- Objective verification of spatial precipitation forecasts -- Integration of measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation -- Combined use of weather radar and limited area model for wintertime precipitation type discrimination -- Adjusting ground radar using space TRMM Precipitation Radar -- Implementing a multiplatform precipitation experiment.

This volume is the outcome of contributions from 51 scientists who were invited to expose their latest findings on precipitation research and in particular, on the measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation. The reader is presented with a blend of theoretical, mathematical and technical treatise of precipitation science but also with authentic applications, ranging from local field experiments and country-scale campaigns to multinational space endeavors. This book is addressed to all scientists involved in precipitation research, but also to those researchers from the wider area of atmospheric sciences whose interests touch on such an extremely important weather phenomenon as precipitation. Moreover, the book aims at introducing newcomers in the field of precipitation science to the various up-to-date scientific facets of the subject, by exposing the full dimensions of the measurement, estimation and prediction of precipitation. The book is prologued by Prof. Eric A. Smith.