Title :
A rain Doppler microwave sensor
Author :
Papi, Francesco ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
Abstract :
The aim of this work is to design and test a small size and low-cost Doppler disdrometer operating in X-band, able to be integrated in a large scale geographic network. The microwave front-end is based on low cost patch antennas instead of horns, and integrated mixer and amplifier instead a separated electronics. Tests using a controlled drop dispenser and in-field measurements demonstrated the effectiveness of this solution.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological radar; microstrip antennas; microwave measurement; radar antennas; rain; X-band; drop dispenser; geographic network; low cost patch antennas; low-cost Doppler disdrometer; microwave front-end; rain Doppler microwave sensor; Doppler shift; Microwave filters; Microwave measurement; Radar; Rain; Sensors; Doppler radar; distrometer; microwave sensor; rain;
Conference_Titel :
European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 11th
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuRAD.2014.6991245
