Improved rainfall measurement using mobile phone tower link attenuation

该项目旨在利用手机发射塔之间的微波链路数据来补充城市地区稀疏的雨量计网络，以便更准确地、接近实时地监测降雨量。准确、接近实时的高分辨率降水数据对于预报澳大利亚首都及周边地区的山洪暴发至关重要。目前的估计受到城市地区雨量计数据有限的影响。然而，移动电话发射塔比比皆是，它们之间的微波连接可以提供降雨强度的信息，这意味着这些数据可以用来补充雨量计数据。该项目计划开发利用移动电话网络连接、雨量计和天气雷达数据生成降雨图的技术。

The project aims to use the microwave link data between mobile phone towers to complement the sparse rain gauge network in urban areas, to allow more accurate near-real-time monitoring of rainfall. Accurate near-real-time precipitation data at high resolution are critical to flash flood forecasting in and around Australia's capital cities. Current estimates suffer from the limited availability of rain gauge data in urban areas. However, mobile phone towers abound and the microwave links between them can provide information on rainfall intensity, meaning that these data could be used to supplement the rain gauge data. This project plans to develop the technology to generate precipitation maps using mobile phone network link, rain gauge and weather radar data.