Dr. Rob Cifelli is currently the team lead for the Hydrometeorology Forcing Science Team (
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd2/hydromet/) within the Physical Science Division's (PSD's) Water Cycle Branch (
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd2/) and a co-lead for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) in the NOAA Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT
http://hmt.noaa.gov/) program. The HMT program addresses a critical societal need to better measure and predict precipitation variability, including flash flooding from extreme precipitation events in areas of steep terrain. Dr. Cifelli has over 15 years experience in radar meteorology, including radar-rainfall estimation, and has planned and participated in numerous field experiments around the globe. His goal is to help establish a center of excellence for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) in complex terrain.
