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Hydrological response of a peri-urban catchment exploiting conventional and unconventional rainfall observations: the case study of Lambro Catchment
Greta Cazzaniga
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Carlo De Michele
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Michele D'Amico
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Cristina Deidda
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Antonio Ghezzi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Roberto Nebuloni
Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy
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Short summary
Rainfall estimates are usually obtained from rain gauges, weather radars, or satellites. An alternative is the measurement of the signal loss induced by rainfall on commercial microwave links (CMLs). In this work, we assess the hydrologic response of Lambro Basin when CML-retrieved rainfall is used as model input. CML estimates agree with rain gauge data. CML-driven discharge simulations show performance comparable to that from rain gauges if a CML-based calibration of the model is undertaken.
Rainfall estimates are usually obtained from rain gauges, weather radars, or satellites. An...
