IMPROVING RAINFALL MEASUREMENT IN GAUGE POOR REGIONS THANKS TO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
March 2016 | American Meteorological Society |
Eighty-seven participants from 18 countries met to discuss the prospect for rainfall measurement and high-resolution mapping based on commercial microwave links in Africa. Experts from Europe and Israel provided training to African students, scientists, and meteorologists on this innovative method.
The technique is based on measuring microwave signal attenuation by rainfall.