In order to provide consistent weather warnings it is essential to estimate the probabilities for certain weather events occurring. There are a number of operational numerical and statistical methods for estimating the probability that precipitation occurs at a fixed location (a point probability). However, there is a growing interest in the computation of probabilities for precipitation occurr...

Precipitation is the meteorological parameter affecting people in the most direct way. Forecasting the spatial and temporal distribution of rain and snow is therefore one of the major challenges for the meteorological services. Satellite remote sensing of precipitation could help to improve these forecasts. The most direct method to retrieve precipitation from spaceborne measurements is based o...