Exploring the Feasibility of Low Cost Technology in Rainfall Monitoring:The TREBOADA Observing System

  1. Ignacio Fraga
  2. Alberto Alvarellos 1
  3. José P. González-Coma
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

Book:
XoveTIC 2019: The 2nd XoveTIC Conference (XoveTIC 2019), A Coruña, Spain, 5–6 September
  1. Alberto Alvarellos González (ed. lit.)
  2. José Joaquim de Moura Ramos (ed. lit.)
  3. Beatriz Botana Barreiro (ed. lit.)
  4. Javier Pereira Loureiro (ed. lit.)
  5. Manuel F. González Penedo (ed. lit.)

Publisher: MDPI

ISBN: 978-3-03921-444-0,  978-3-03921-443-3

Year of publication: 2019

Congress: XoveTIC (2. 2019. A Coruña)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

In order to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of the rainfall, we have developed an observation system to monitor the precipitation over the metropolitan area of A Coruña. The observation system (called TREBOADA) consists of a network of rain gauges, comprising gauges operated by the regional weather agency and rain gauges deployed specifically for TREBOADA. The latter ones are built using low cost technology, which significantly reduces the cost of each gauge. Data from the rain gauges are combined with rain observations from the meteorological radar to produce high resolution rain products.

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