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

Fraga, Ignacio; Alvarellos, Alberto; González-Coma, José P.

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

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/23970

DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019021005

Publication date

2019-07-22

Authors

Fraga, Ignacio

Alvarellos, Alberto

González-Coma, José P.

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Fraga, I.; Alvarellos, A.; González-Coma, J.P. Exploring the Feasibility of Low Cost Technology in Rainfall Monitoring: The TREBOADA Observing System. Proceedings 2019, 21, 5.

Abstract

[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.