The current microwave Doppler disdrometers (sensors measuring the size distribution of raindrops) are designed to provide high-quality information (the calibrated raindrop size distribution) in a single measurement site. The aim of this work is to design and test a small size and low-cost Doppler disdrometer suitable to be inserted in a meteo network. A unique feature of this sensor is that microwave front-end is based on low cost patch antennas instead of horns, and integrated mixer and amplifier instead a separated electronics. Tests using a controlled drop dispenser and in-field measurements demonstrated the effectiveness of this solution

Microwave Doppler sensor for rain measurement / Federico Papi; Filippo Parrini; Massimiliano Pieraccini. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 67-68. (Intervento presentato al convegno GE2013 tenutosi a Udine nel 17-21 June 2013).

Microwave Doppler sensor for rain measurement

PAPI, FEDERICO;PARRINI, FILIPPO;PIERACCINI, MASSIMILIANO
2013

Abstract

The current microwave Doppler disdrometers (sensors measuring the size distribution of raindrops) are designed to provide high-quality information (the calibrated raindrop size distribution) in a single measurement site. The aim of this work is to design and test a small size and low-cost Doppler disdrometer suitable to be inserted in a meteo network. A unique feature of this sensor is that microwave front-end is based on low cost patch antennas instead of horns, and integrated mixer and amplifier instead a separated electronics. Tests using a controlled drop dispenser and in-field measurements demonstrated the effectiveness of this solution
2013
Proceedings of GE2013
GE2013
Udine
17-21 June 2013
Federico Papi; Filippo Parrini; Massimiliano Pieraccini
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