Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Water Cycle ECVs and their Applications"

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The focus of this Remote Sensing of the Water Cycle Special Issue is on remote sensing-related Essential Climate Variable - Climate Data Records (ECV-CDRs) of all water cycle components and their applications. Submitted manuscripts will preferably report scientific advances in the following topics, but other topics related to the scope of the SI will also be considered:

Satellite precipitation estimate of Medicane Ianos from H SAF products developed at ISAC

Stima della precipitazione HSAF del medicane "Udine"

On September 14-20, 2020, a Mediterranean cyclone with tropical-like characteristics, commonly known as “Medicane” swept across the South-eastern Mediterranean basin. The Medicane named Udine, according to the official denomination given by the University of Berlin, hit the coasts of Sicily and Calabria and made landfall on the western coasts of Greece on September 18th, 2020.