DocumentCode :
513336
Title :
Radio base network and tomographic processing for real time estimation of the rainfall rate fields
Author :
Cuccoli, Fabrizio ; Facheris, Luca ; Gori, Stefano
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
12-17 July 2009
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a novel remote sensing method that is adequate for rainfall rate measurements in real time by means of tomographic processing applied to power attenuation measurements made across the microwave links defined by radio base station networks for mobile communication systems. A description of the tomographic algorithms we developed is presented together with some simulation results. These concern rainfall rate estimation applying such algorithms to the current radio base station arrangement over the city of Florence, Italy, while the rainfall field is simulated through weather radar data.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; microwave links; mobile communication; radio stations; rain; remote sensing; tomography; Florence; Italy; microwave link; mobile communication system; power attenuation measurement; radio base station network; real time rainfall rate measurement; remote sensing method; tomographic processing; weather radar data; Attenuation measurement; Base stations; Cities and towns; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Mobile communication; Power measurement; Real time systems; Remote sensing; Tomography; land mobile radio base stations; microwave tomography; rainfall remote sensing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418048
Filename :
5418048
Link To Document :
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