Precipitation

Dr Jesús Rodrigo Comino is a PhD at the University of Málaga (Spain). He received his M.S. in land planning and GIS in 2013 from Granada and Málaga Universities. Since 2015, he has written two books related to soil geography, presented several oral conferences and posters in international meetings, and published more than 80 indexed peer-reviewed papers and 12 national articles about soil erosion, rainfall impacts and land degradation processes. He is a chief editor of Air, Soil and Water Research (SAGE), and works as associate editor in 2 academic journals. In addition, he is a reviewer for more than 80 international indexed journals. Currently, he is working on an INTERREG project about light pollution (Smart Light-HUB) at the Trier University (Germany) and COST-Action Firelinks (CA18135) as a grant holder at the University of Valencia (Spain).

• 1. Introduction: Rainfall, the State-of-the-ArtPART 1: BASIC CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS CONSIDERING THE PRECIPITATION AS THE MAIN AGENT2. Precipitation, climate change and global circulation models3. Composition of rainwater4. Extreme rainfall events: Tropical storms, Monsoons and el Niño, and droughts5. Snow and related processes to high latitudes and mountainous areasPART 2: APPLICATIONS AND MODELS6. Traditional and modern precipitation monitoring opportunities7. Precipitation mapping and spatial analysis8. Understanding the water balance9. Responses of soil moisture to rainfall pulses and land preparation techniques10. Challenges to improve Precipitation-Hydrological experimental fieldwork11. From rainfall to sediment delivery and storagePART 3: EARTH SURFACE LANDSCAPES AND THE RAINFALL AS KEY FACTOR 12. On the relationship between precipitation and species distribution13. Rainfall as a vector-borne disease14. Effects of rainfall extreme events on coastal marine ecosystems15. Morphological response and associated processes to precipitation in volcanic areas16. Response of burned areas and associated ecosystems to rainfall events17. Geomorphological precipitation as a key element in the modelling of the landscapes18. Rainfall and river evolutionPART 4: RAINFALL AND SOIL EROSION19. Understanding the implication of raindrops and splash in soil erosion studies20. Rainfall Erosivity: Basic Theorems, Sensitivity to Intensity Measurements, and Modeling Applications21. Rainfall and associated extreme soil erosion processes mapping: rills, gullies and landslides22. Rainfall simulators for experimental researchPART 5: RAINFALL AND MANAGEMENT23. Rainfall-runoff-erosion processes in urban areas24. Rainfall, soil sealing and floods in urban and rural areas25. Stormwater quality, treatment and management