Hydrology and Earth System Sciences www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net 1027-5606 1607-7938 13 4 2009 10.5194/hess-13-441-2009 http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/13/441/2009/ http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/13/441/2009/hess-13-441-2009.html http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/13/441/2009/hess-13-441-2009.pdf 441 452 2009-04-07 A space-time generator for rainfall nowcasting: the PRAISEST model P. Versace B. Sirangelo D. L. De Luca Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy The paper introduces a stochastic technique for forecasting rainfall in space-time domain: the PRAISEST Model (Prediction of Rainfall Amount Inside Storm Events: Space and Time). 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