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Remko UijlenhoetHydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group
(At least) the 10th anniversary of rainfall monitoring using microwave links from cellular communication networks
Hidde Aart Manuel Tommy Lotte
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Microwave links from cellular communication networks
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Rapid growth cellular telecommunication
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46,400 links (6–80 GHz) in France
(https://carte-fh.lafibre.info/)
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A short (and biased) history...
(Messer et al., 2006) (Leijnse et al., 2007) (Leijnse, 2007)
Hidde
VaisalaAward
Hagit Pinhas
(Overeem et al., 2013)Aart
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Raincell Africa Training School
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 30 March – 2 April 2015
(Gosset et al., 2016)
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10 GHz 30 GHz
b in R = akb
a in R = akb
(Leijnse et al., 2008)
(Power-law R–k relations)Hidde
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Microwave links versus radar + gauges
(Overeem et al., 2013)
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Microwave links versus radar + gauges
(Overeem et al., 2013)
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Many more microwave links than gauges
Room for opportunistic
sensors
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Potential complementary source of information over poorly gauged regions
(Overeem et al., 2016)
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India can likely be added to this map
(Van het Schip et al., 2017)
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Semi-operational applications
https://www.climacell.co/ https://www.smhi.se/en/services/professional-
services/micro-weather-live-data/
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272 events (5 links) in São Paulo, Brazil
(Rios Gaona et al., 2017)
Manuel