Measurement and interpolation uncertainties in rainfall maps from cellular communication networks

Rios Gaona, M. F.; Overeem, A.; Leijnse, H.; Uijlenhoet, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3571-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3571-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3571-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

Research article

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14 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 14 Aug 2015

Measurement and interpolation uncertainties in rainfall maps from cellular communication networks

M. F. Rios Gaona, A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet

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RC C749: 'Anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Mar 2015
RC C1204: 'Comments on hess-2015-67', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2015
AC C2125: 'reply to comments of two anonymous reviewers', Manuel Felipe Rios Gaona, 18 Jun 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (04 Jul 2015) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Manuel F. Rios Gaona on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (31 Jul 2015) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Manuel F. Rios Gaona on behalf of the Authors (03 Aug 2015)

Short summary

Commercial cellular networks are built for telecommunication purposes. These kinds of networks have lately been used to obtain rainfall maps at country-wide scales. From previous studies, we now quantify the uncertainties associated with such maps. To do so, we divided the sources or error into two categories: from microwave link measurements and from mapping. It was found that the former is the source that contributes the most to the overall error in rainfall maps from microwave link network.