Comparison between terrestrial and satellite microwave links as opportunistic rainfall sensors

SCORE project partners from UNIPI, CNR and MBI have presented a paper at the in International Conference on Opportunistic Sensing of Precipitation . It is available in open access. 

Abstract

The backhauling links of terrestrial wireless networks (Commercial Microwave Links, CMLs) and the downlink of satellite broadcasting/broadband services (Satellite Microwave Links, SML) operating in the Ku-band and above, say >10 GHz, proved effective opportunistic systems for rainfall sensing. CMLs and SMLs exhibit, indeed, features that make them suitable to complement conventional measurements carried out by rain gauge networks, weather radars, and Earth observation satellites. Based on the experience achieved by several research teams active on this topic in Italy since 2017, this paper compares CMLs and SMLs as opportunistic rainfall sensors from different perspectives.

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Title: Comparison between terrestrial and satellite microwave links as opportunistic rainfall sensors

Authors: Roberto Nebuloni, Filippo Giannetti, Fabiola Sapienza, Vincenzo Lottici, Giovanni Scognaliglio, Attilio Vaccaro, Elia Covi, Carlo De Michele, Christan Gianoglio, Matteo Colli

Cite as: Nebuloni, R., Giannetti, F., Sapienza, F., Lottici, V., Scognaliglio, G., Vaccaro, A., Covi, E., De Michele, C., Gianoglio, C., & Colli, M. (2025, juin). Comparison between terrestrial and satellite microwave links as opportunistic rainfall sensors. International Conference on Opportunistic Sensing of Precipitation – OpenSense, Offenbach, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15690386

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Publication date 30 June 2025 /