Shape of a water crisis: practitioner perspectives on urban water scarcity and 'Day Zero'in South Africa

Z Bischoff-Mattson, G Maree, C Vogel, A Lynch… - Water Policy, 2020 - iwaponline.com
The interruption of essential water services in Cape Town, foreshadowed as 'Day Zero,'is
one of several recent examples of urban water scarcity connected to the language of urgent …

High resolution space–time modelling of rainfall: the “String of Beads” model

GGS Pegram, AN Clothier - Journal of Hydrology, 2001 - Elsevier
A stochastic space–time model of rainfall is proposed, which is defined by a small number of
parameters and models rainfall intensity images measured by radar. It is a …

Significance of spatial variability in precipitation for process-oriented modelling: results from two nested catchments using radar and ground station data

D Tetzlaff, S Uhlenbrook - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2005 - hess.copernicus.org
The importance of considering the spatial distribution of rainfall for process-oriented
hydrological modelling is well-known. However, the application of rainfall radar data to …

Convective initiation and storm life cycles in convection‐permitting simulations of the Met Office Unified Model over South Africa

WJ Keat, THM Stein, E Phaduli… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Convective initiation is a challenge for convection‐permitting models due to its sensitivity to
sub‐km processes. We evaluate the representation of convective storms and their initiation …

Evaluating the potential of radar-based rainfall estimates for streamflow and flood simulations in the Philippines

CC Abon, D Kneis, I Crisologo, A Bronstert… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This case study evaluates the suitability of radar-based quantitative precipitation estimates
(QPEs) for the simulation of streamflow in the Marikina River Basin (MRB), the Philippines …

[HTML][HTML] The MSG global instability indices product and its use as a nowcasting tool

M Koenig, E De Coning - Weather and forecasting, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MSG Global Instability Indices Product and Its Use as a Nowcasting Tool in: Weather and
Forecasting Volume 24 Issue 1 (2009) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

[PDF][PDF] Review of the use of earth observations remote sensing in water resource management in South Africa

L Makapela, T Newby, LA Gibson, N Majozi… - WRC Report No …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The main aim of this study is to assess the use of Earth observation (EO) and remote
sensing (RS) technologies in the efficient and integrated management of water resources in …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of clouds and precipitation in convection-permitting forecasts for South Africa

THM Stein, W Keat, RI Maidment… - Weather and …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
An Evaluation of Clouds and Precipitation in Convection-Permitting Forecasts for South Africa
in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 34 Issue 1 (2019) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

[HTML][HTML] Mass-conserving remapping of radar data onto two-dimensional cartesian coordinates for hydrologic applications

HO Sharif, FL Ogden - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mass-Conserving Remapping of Radar Data onto Two-Dimensional Cartesian Coordinates
for Hydrologic Applications in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 15 Issue 6 (2014) …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating uncertainty in water resources estimation in southern Africa: A case study of South Africa

T Sawunyama - 2008 - core.ac.uk
Hydrological models are widely used tools in water resources estimation, but they are
simple representations of reality and are frequently based on inadequate input data and …