Abstract—The aim of this work is to design and test a small size and low-cost Doppler disdrometer operating in X-band, able to be integrated in a large scale geographic network. The 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. Keywords—Doppler radar, microwave sensor, distrometer, rain

A rain Doppler microwave sensor / Federico Papi; Massimiliano Pieraccini. - ELETTRONICO. - (2014), pp. 214-216. (Intervento presentato al convegno European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 11th tenutosi a Rome, Italy nel 8-10 Oct. 2014) [10.1109/EuRAD.2014.6991245].

A rain Doppler microwave sensor

PAPI, FEDERICO;PIERACCINI, MASSIMILIANO
2014

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Abstract—The aim of this work is to design and test a small size and low-cost Doppler disdrometer operating in X-band, able to be integrated in a large scale geographic network. The 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. Keywords—Doppler radar, microwave sensor, distrometer, rain
2014
European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 11th
European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2014 11th
Rome, Italy
8-10 Oct. 2014
Federico Papi; Massimiliano Pieraccini
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