Editing Meteorology (section)

===Hydrometeorology===
[[Hydrometeorology]] is the branch of meteorology that deals with the [[hydrologic cycle]], the water budget, and the rainfall statistics of [[storm]]s.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041744/hydrometeorology Encyclopædia Britannica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619184302/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041744/hydrometeorology |date=19 June 2008 }}, 2007.</ref> A hydrometeorologist prepares and issues forecasts of accumulating (quantitative) precipitation, heavy rain, heavy snow, and highlights areas with the potential for flash flooding. Typically the range of knowledge that is required overlaps with climatology, mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, and other geosciences.<ref>[http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/about2.shtml About the HPC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820081224/https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/about2.shtml |date=20 August 2023 }}, NOAA/ National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, [http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Hydrometeorological Prediction Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520213103/http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ |date=20 May 2021 }}, Camp Springs, Maryland, 2007.</ref>

The multidisciplinary nature of the branch can result in technical challenges, since tools and solutions from each of the individual disciplines involved may behave slightly differently, be optimized for different hard- and software platforms and use different data formats. There are some initiatives – such as the DRIHM project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drihm.eu/|title=Home|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806054006/http://www.drihm.eu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> – that are trying to address this issue.<ref>[http://www.drihm.eu/images/newsletter/newsletter%20drihm%2001.pdf DRIHM News, number 1, March 2012, p2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904002931/http://www.drihm.eu/images/newsletter/newsletter%20drihm%2001.pdf |date=4 September 2015 }} "An ideal environment for hydro-meteorology research at the European level"</ref>