87 participants from 18 countries met to discuss the prospect for rainfall measurement and high-resolution mapping based on commercial microwave links in Africa. Experts from Europe and Israel provided training to African students, scientists and meteorologists on this innovative method.
M Gosset, H Kunstmann, F Zougmore, F Cazenave, H Leijnse, R Uijlenhoet, C Chwala, F Keis, A Doumounia, B Boubacar, M Kacou, P Alpert, H Messer, J Rieckermann, J Hoedjes. Improving rainfall measurement in gauge poor regions thanks to mobile telecommunication networks
Status: published, Journal: Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Volume: 97, Year: 2016, First page: ES49, Last page: ES51, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00164.1