TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrieval algorithm for rainfall mapping from microwave links in a cellular communication network
AU - Overeem, Aart
AU - Leijnse, Hidde
AU - Uijlenhoet, Remko
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Microwave links in commercial cellular communication networks hold a promise for areal rainfall monitoring and could complement rainfall estimates from ground-based weather radars, rain gauges, and satellites. It has been shown that country-wide (≈ 35 500 km2) 15 min rainfall maps can be derived from the signal attenuations of approximately 2400 microwave links in such a network. Here we give a detailed description of the employed rainfall retrieval algorithm. Moreover, the documented, modular, and user-friendly code (a package in the scripting language "R") is made available, including a 2-day data set of approximately 2600 commercial microwave links from the Netherlands. The purpose of this paper is to promote rainfall mapping utilising microwave links from cellular communication networks as an alternative or complementary means for continental-scale rainfall monitoring.
AB - Microwave links in commercial cellular communication networks hold a promise for areal rainfall monitoring and could complement rainfall estimates from ground-based weather radars, rain gauges, and satellites. It has been shown that country-wide (≈ 35 500 km2) 15 min rainfall maps can be derived from the signal attenuations of approximately 2400 microwave links in such a network. Here we give a detailed description of the employed rainfall retrieval algorithm. Moreover, the documented, modular, and user-friendly code (a package in the scripting language "R") is made available, including a 2-day data set of approximately 2600 commercial microwave links from the Netherlands. The purpose of this paper is to promote rainfall mapping utilising microwave links from cellular communication networks as an alternative or complementary means for continental-scale rainfall monitoring.
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U2 - 10.5194/amt-9-2425-2016
DO - 10.5194/amt-9-2425-2016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973582947
SN - 1867-1381
VL - 9
SP - 2425
EP - 2444
JO - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
JF - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
IS - 5
ER -