TITLE:
Rainfall Measurements Due to Radio Frequency Signal Attenuation at 2 GHz
AUTHORS:
Vasilis Christofilakis, Giorgos Tatsis, Constantinos T. Votis, Spyridon K. Chronopoulos, Panos Kostarakis, Christos J. Lolis, Aristides Bartzokas
KEYWORDS:
Remote Sensing, Rain, Attenuation, S-Band, Measurements
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Signal and Information Processing,
Vol.9 No.3,
August
20,
2018
ABSTRACT: 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.