Title :
Rainfall and river currents retrieved from microwave backscatter
Author :
Plant, William J. ; Keller, W.C. ; Hayes, K.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Appl. Phys., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
Since October of 2002, eight CW microwave sensors have been operating on a bridge over the Cowlitz River in western Washington State in the USA. These sensors measure the river surface velocity via Doppler shifts at eight locations across the river; a ninth unit pointing upwards measures scattering from rain drops.
Keywords :
hydrological equipment; microwave detectors; rain; rivers; AD 2002 10; CW microwave sensors; Cowlitz River; Doppler shifts; USA; microwave backscatter; rain drops; rainfall; river currents; river surface velocity; western Washington State; Backscatter; Bridges; Microwave measurements; Microwave sensors; Rain; Rivers; Rough surfaces; Surface discharges; Surface roughness; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294050
