Estimation of rainfall rate from terrestrial microwave link measurements

Robert R Watson; Duncan D Hodges

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417770

Estimation of rainfall rate from terrestrial microwave link measurements

Robert R Watson, Duncan D Hodges

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The large number of millimetre and microwave terrestrial links that are in operation has lead to the belief that it may be possible to estimate two-dimensional rainfall rate fields. This paper outlines a reconstruction algorithm that can be used to estimate the rainfall field from a number of measurements of path attenuation on terrestrial links. In this paper we adopt a different approach to the regularization of this inverse problem. The main focus of the paper is a description of the retrieval algorithm which is demonstrated through simulation. The approach has been shown to be robust and relatively insensitive to errors and quantisation in the link measurements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: 2009 IEEE International: IGARSS 2009
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	III263-III266
Volume	3
ISBN (Print)	9781424433957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417770
Publication status	Published - Jul 2009
Event	2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2009, July 12, 2009 - July 17, 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 1 Jul 2009 → …

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Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Conference	2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2009, July 12, 2009 - July 17, 2009
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	1/07/09 → …

Keywords

geology
inverse problems
microwave links
microwaves
differential equations
rain
remote sensing

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Estimation of rainfall rate from terrestrial microwave link measurements. / Watson, Robert R; Hodges, Duncan D.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: 2009 IEEE International: IGARSS 2009. Vol. 3 IEEE, 2009. p. III263-III266 5417770 (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)).

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Watson, RR & Hodges, DD 2009, Estimation of rainfall rate from terrestrial microwave link measurements. in Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: 2009 IEEE International: IGARSS 2009. vol. 3, 5417770, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), IEEE, pp. III263-III266, 2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2009, July 12, 2009 - July 17, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa, 1/07/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417770

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