@article{fdi:010062621,
  title = {{R}ainfall monitoring based on microwave links from cellular telecommunication networks : first results from a {W}est {A}frican test bed},
  author = {{D}oumounia, {A}. and {G}osset, {M}arielle and {C}azenave, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {K}acou, {M}. and {Z}ougmore, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}ainfall monitoring based on commercial terrestrial microwave links is tested for the first time in {B}urkina {F}aso, in {S}ahelian {W}est {A}frica. {I}n collaboration with one national cellular phone operator, {T}elecel {F}aso, the attenuation on a 29km long microwave link operating at 7{GH}z was monitored at 1s time rate for the monsoon season 2012. {T}he time series of attenuation is transformed into rain rates and compared with rain gauge data. {T}he method is successful in quantifying rainfall: 95% of the rainy days are detected. {T}he correlation with the daily rain gauge series is 0.8, and the season bias is 6%. {T}he correlation at the 5min time step within each event is also high. {T}hese results demonstrate the potential interest of exploiting national and regional wireless telecommunication networks for monitoring rainfall in {A}frica, where operational rain gauge networks are degrading and the hydrometeorological risk increasing.},
  keywords = {convective rainfall ; microwave links ; {S}ahel ; rainfall monitoring ; {A}frica ; hydrometeorology ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {AFRIQE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {ZONE} {SAHELIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {41},
  numero = {16},
  pages = {6016--6022},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1002/2014gl060724},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062621},
}