Rain Cell Africa aims to promote and develop an innovating estimation of rain based on cellular networks. It relies on commercial microwave links from cellular telephone networks to detect and quantify rainfall. The method exploits radio wave attenuation caused by rain. Based on the loss of signal between backhaul antennas, rainfall can be accurately monitored throughout the network. In Africa, where the mobile phone network is dense and growing, this technique offers an unprecedented potential.
Rainfall monitoring based on commercial terrestrial microwave links has been tested for the first time in Africa, in Burkina Faso ( Doumounia et al, 2014 ). Following this first success, other case studies have been carried out in West and Central African countries.
Rain Cell Africa vise à promouvoir et développer une méthode d'estimation des pluies innovante grâce aux réseaux de téléphonie mobile. Elle est basée sur l'atténuation du signal radio transmis entre deux antennes par la pluie et tire profit de liaisons micro-ondes commerciaux pour détecter et estimer la quantité de pluie. En Afrique où les réseaux de téléphonie mobile sont denses et en expansion, cette technique offre un potentiel très élevé.
La méthode Rain Cell a été testée avec succès pour la première fois en Afrique, au Burkina Faso ( Doumounia et al, 2014 ). Depuis, plusieurs études ont été menées dans divers pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest et d'Afrique Centrale.
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Tabular Data - 988 B - 6 Variables, 22 Observations - UNF:6:NIECVHQc45Z8Ir42IELI/Q==
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This text file contains the rainfall data at 15-minutes times steps collected by the 6 rain gauges. 1rst row: header line, rain gauges name. 2nd row: header line, rain gauges code reference. 3rd row: header line, rain gauges longitude in decimal degrees. 4th row: header line...
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Simulated peakflow (liters per second). Raster file in ASCII ESRI format ; missing data coded as -9999
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Map of flooded areas on 16 May 2019 in Bamako, Mali (carte des zones inondées lors de l'événement du 16 mai 2019).
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