DocumentCode
1773669
Title
A rain Doppler microwave sensor
Author
Papi, Francesco ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
fYear
2014
fDate
8-10 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
214
Lastpage
216
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 11th
Conference_Location
Rome
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EuRAD.2014.6991245
Filename
6991245
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