Rainfall Measurements Due to Radio Frequency Signal Attenuation at 2 GHz

• 作者: Aristides Bartzokas Christos J. Lolis Constantinos T. Votis Giorgos Tatsis Panos Kostarakis Spyridon K. Chronopoulos Vasilis Christofilakis
• 来源期刊: 信号与信息处理(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: REMOTE SENSING RAIN ATTENUATION S-BAND Measurements
• 年，卷（期）: xhyxxclyw_2018,（3）
• 页码范围: 192-201
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

In this paper we present an experimental validated system for measuring rainfall due to radio frequency (RF) signal attenuation at 2 GHz. Measurements took place in Ioannina, NW Greece, starting in April 2015 and lasting for twelve months. The primary acquired extensive results have shown reliable and accurate measurements for rainfall amounts smaller than 1 mm for 5 min periods. The very important innovation is that this paper presents significant earth-to-earth measurements due to rainfall attenuation (at 2 GHz) in order to act as a map for future investigation and as a prior knowledge for the behavior of other systems operating at frequencies around S-band.