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The presented results are obtained at two mid-latitude MPLNET permanent observational sites, located respectively at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, and at the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The methodology is suitable to be applied to existing and\/or future lidar\/ceilometer networks with the main objective of either providing near real-time (3 h latency) rainfall intensity measurements and\/or to validate satellite missions, especially for critical light precipitation (&lt;3 mm h\u22121).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10071102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,11]],"date-time":"2018-07-11T03:24:19Z","timestamp":1531279459000},"page":"1102","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Vertically Resolved Precipitation Intensity Retrieved through a Synergy between the Ground-Based NASA MPLNET Lidar Network Measurements, Surface Disdrometer Datasets and an Analytical Model Solution"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6111-152X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Simone","family":"Lolli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CNR-IMAA, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Contrada S. 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