Gabella M.

Notarpietro R.

Orione F.

Perona G.

Turso S.

Zambotto M.

English

TURSO, STEFANO

ZAMBOTTO, MARCO MARIO

GABELLA, MARCO

ORIONE, FIAMMETTA

NOTARPIETRO, RICCARDO

PERONA, Giovanni Emilio

PORTO@iris (Publications Open Repository TOrino - Politecnico di Torino)

03 August 2020POLITECNICO DI TORINORepository ISTITUZIONALEMicroRadarNet: A New Low-Cost Micro Radar Network for Meteorological Purposes / Turso S.; Zambotto M.; GabellaM.; Orione F.; Notarpietro R.; Perona G.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2009). ((Intervento presentato al convegno Managingwater in a changing world tenutosi a Turin, Italy nel July 27 to 31.OriginalMicroRadarNet: A New Low-Cost Micro Radar Network for Meteorological PurposesPublisher:PublishedDOI:Terms of use:openAccessPublisher copyright(Article begins on next page)This article is made available under terms and conditions as specified in the  corresponding bibliographic description inthe repositoryAvailability:This version is available at: 11583/2378122 since:ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM“Managing water in a changing world” - Torino (Italy), July 27-31, 2009MICRORADARNET: A NEW LOW-COST MICRO RADAR NETWORK FOR METEOROLOGICAL PURPOSESStefano TURSO(1), Marco ZAMBOTTO(2), Marco GABELLA(3), Fiammetta ORIONE(4),Riccardo NOTARPIETRO(5) and Giovanni PERONA(6)Remote Sensing Group – Electronics Department – Politecnico di TorinoC.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 – Turin – Italy.(1)stefano.turso@polito.it, (2)marco.zambotto@polito.it, (3)marco.gabella@polito.it, (4)fiammetta.orione@polito.it, (5)riccardo.notarpietro@polito.it, (6)giovanni.perona@polito.itShort AbstractIn this paper, an innovative micro radar network for meteorological purposes has been presented. The  key  aspects  of  its  radar  units  are  a  short  range  strategy (about  thirty  kilometers)  and  the implementation  of  effective  enhancing  techniques.  High resolution  spatial  and temporal  data  is processed on-board in real-time, yielding a synthetic and consistent evaluation of the information coming  from  the  sensors.  This  strategy  implies  in  turn  a  sensible  reduction  of  the  overall operational costs, including management and maintenance aspects, if compared to the traditional long range C-band approach. In the framework of the European INTERREG IIIB Alpine Space Programme, the Remote Sensing Group at the Politecnico di Torino has being developing this new network from its early ideation stages in  2004.  The initial  design scenario was specifically  tailored  to  enable  along-valley and vertical  radar  coverage  for  regions  exhibiting  a  complex  orography (e.g.  narrow valleys  in  the Alps). This was achieved by adopting a non-conventional  vertical  plane sounding approach.  To cover a broader range of operational needs, this initial design concept was then extended to include the more traditional horizontal scanning plane as well. High-performance embedded processing units directly interface with the micro radars, performing in real-time the on-board evaluations on the incoming instrumental data. The overall low power consumption may even allow powering through rechargeable solar cells. Each sensor works as a network node basing on well-assessed 2G cellular radio services. Processed data sets are transmitted to the network servers enabling web-based content fruition.The  result  of  all  the  approaches  and  suggestions  above  is  MicroRadarNet  (MRN):  a  low-cost unmanned X-band micro radar network. MRN is already an operational entity, since a small number of MRN micro radars have been distributed on the territory. Operational units have been installed on the Politecnico di Torino roof (October 2006), on the roof of the Aosta Valley Civil Protection (March 2007), on an open field in Klagenfurt Airport (September 2007). An ever-growing database of meteorological case studies is being collecting data sets, thus providing a real-data test bench to refine assessment and data enhancements algorithms.A consistent amount of case studies clearly shows that MicroRadarNet has enough potentialities to provide meteorological information. The proposed strategy, based on a short range sensor network, shall effectively perform high resolution sky soundings while lowering the overall operational costs and  integrating  with  long  range  C-band  radars,  thus  preventing  their  shielding  and  cost shortcomings which typically occur on orographically complex areas.PREFERRED SECTION: IWS4Type of presentation preferred: Oral

MicroRadarNet: A New Low-Cost Micro Radar Network for Meteorological Purposes

https://iris.polito.it/retrieve/handle/11583/2378122/53720/MicroRadarNet%2c%20a%20New%20Low-Cost%20Micro%20Radar%20Network%20for%20Meteorological%20Purposes.pdf

MicroRadarNet: A New Low-Cost Micro Radar Network for Meteorological Purposes

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

PORTO@iris (Publications Open Repository TOrino - Politecnico di Torino)