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le Coz, C.M.L. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author)An ever-increasing number of rainfall estimates is available. They are used in many important applications such as flood/drought monitoring, water management, or climate monitoring. Such data are especially valuable in sub-Saharan Africa, where rainfall has considerable socioeconomic impacts and the gauge and radar networks are sparse. The...journal article 2019
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Dezfuli, Amin K. (author), Ichoku, Charles M. (author), Huffman, George J. (author), Mohr, Karen I. (author), Selker, John S. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Hochreutener, Rebecca (author), Annor, F.O. (author)Understanding of hydroclimatic processes in Africa has been hindered by the lack of in situ precipitation measurements. Satellite-based observations, in particular, the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) have been pivotal to filling this void. The recently released Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) project...journal article 2017
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van de Wiel, B.J.H. (author), Vignon, Etienne (author), Baas, P. (author), van Hooijdonk, I.G.S. (author), van der Linden, S.J.A. (author), van Hooft, J.A. (author), Bosveld, Fred C. (author), de Roode, S.R. (author), Moene, Arnold F. (author), Genthon, Christophe (author)A conceptual model is used in combination with observational analysis to understand regime transitions of near-surface temperature inversions at night as well as in Arctic conditions. The model combines a surface energy budget with a bulk parameterization for turbulent heat transport. Energy fluxes or feedbacks due to soil and radiative heat...journal article 2017
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Van de Wiel, B.J.H. (author), Moene, A.F. (author), Jonker, H.J.J. (author), Baas, P. (author), Basu, S. (author), Donda, J.M.M. (author), Sun, J. (author), Holtslag, A.A.M. (author)The collapse of turbulence in the nocturnal boundary layer is studied by means of a simple bulk model that describes the basic physical interactions in the surface energy balance. It is shown that for a given mechanical forcing, the amount of turbulent heat that can be transported downward is limited to a certain maximum. In the case of weak...journal article 2012