A review on rainfall measurement based on commercial microwave links in wireless cellular networks

B Lian, Z Wei, X Sun, Z Li, J Zhao - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
As one of the most critical elements in the hydrological cycle, real-time and accurate rainfall
measurement is of great significance to flood and drought disaster risk assessment and …

Precipitation monitoring using commercial microwave links: current status, challenges and prospectives

P Zhang, X Liu, K Pu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
As rainfall exhibits high spatiotemporal variability, accurate and real-time rainfall monitoring
is vitally important in fields such as hydrometeorological research, agriculture and disaster …

High-resolution rainfall maps from commercial microwave links for a data-scarce region in West Africa

M Djibo, C Chwala, M Graf, J Polz… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present high-resolution rainfall maps from commercial microwave link (CML) data in the
city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Rainfall was quantified based on data from 100 CMLs …

Uncertainties in discharge predictions based on microwave link rainfall estimates in a small urban catchment

J Pastorek, M Fencl, V Bareš - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
A wide range of applications in the field of urban hydrology requires rainfall data with high
spatio-temporal resolutions. Commercial microwave links (CMLs) densely cover urban …

Enhancing runoff simulation precision in the critical zone through spatiotemporal interpolation of areal rainfall with matrix decomposition

S Sheng, H Chen, K Lin, Y Zhou, J Wang… - Hydrological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling hydrological process in the critical zone not only contributes to a better
understanding of interactions across different Earth surface spheres but also holds …

A statistical approach to retrieve rainfall intensity by attenuation measurements from commercial microwave links

X Zheng, H Messer, Y Qin, Y Song, W Zhang… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Commercial microwave link (CML) has become one of the most widely used opportunistic
sensors for rainfall monitoring. The high density and coverage of CMLs enable us to monitor …

Comparison of CML rainfall data against rain gauges and disdrometers in a mountainous environment

R Nebuloni, G Cazzaniga, M D'amico, C Deidda… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the several sources of inaccuracy, commercial microwave links (CML) have been
recently exploited to estimate the average rainfall intensity along the radio path from signal …

Estimating the parameters of the spatial autocorrelation of rainfall fields by measurements from commercial microwave links

A Eshel, P Alpert, H Messer - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spatial structure of rain fields is important to the understanding of their effects on ground-
level aspects, such as runoff generation, and is considered crucial information for the …

Opportunistic Rainfall Sensing: State of the Art and Perspectives in Italy

F Giannetti, V Lottici, F Sapienza… - … , Speech, and Signal …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Opportunistic rainfall sensing through the wireless links deployed by telecommunication
companies and service providers is an interesting use case of the concept of Integrated …

Urban Water Management in Milan Metropolitan Area, a review

D Sartirana, C Zanotti, M Rotiroti, M Caschetto… - ACQUE …, 2024 - boa.unimib.it
The increasing rate of urbanisation and extreme climatic events represent a constant threat
for urban water resources management. In recent decades, Milan Metropolitan Area …