Advancing small-scale hydro-meteorological predictions through mobile X-band dual-polarization radar systems: methods, algorithms and applications

Projektinformationen

HYDREX

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 236871

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 1 Mai 2010

Enddatum 30 April 2012

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 173 258,85

EU-Beitrag € 173 258,85

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Italy

Ziel

Our understanding and ability to predict and respond to changes in the hydrologic environment cannot be properly addressed in the absence of reliable precipitation information. Proposed research aims at investigating ways to improve the quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) associated with hydrological forecasting. Our research is facilitated by multi-instrument observations available from field campaigns in North Italy and Athens associated with complex terrain and urban environment. The scientific merit of this proposal is the synergistic use of rainfall observations from the multiple sensors available from the field experiment, which will uniquely support investigations on rainfall and precipitation classification estimation from X-band dual-polarization radar observations. The research questions to be addressed are: What is the dependence of X-band dual polarization rainfall estimation on scale and radar range? What is the relative accuracy of X-band polarimetric rain estimates to standard lower frequency (C-band) operational radar systems? How do improvements in rain estimation by X-band propagate in flood simulations and what is the dependence on scale, basin size and the complexity of the hydrological model used in the rainfall-runoff transformation? Our research questions are consistent with some of the European Research Area (ERA) priorities on QPE. X-band radar could be an economically affordable solution to the problem of filling up critical gaps in current operational radar networks. Furthermore, this project is aligned to the ERA's area of interest on “sensors and sensor networks.” X-band dual-polarization radar could be an attractive sensor for use in planed hydro-meteorologic observatories for flash flood applications.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology › hydroinformatics
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › smart sensors
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology › radar

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA

Kontakt Verwaltung

Frank S. Marzano (Prof.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 173 258,85
• Adresse: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 ; 00185 Roma ; Italien
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten