The Bolton Experiment

An Experimental Test of the Use of Microwave Attenuation to improve Rainfall Estimates in Urban Areas, and hence to Enhance Flood Warning

Publications

Dual-frequency links - a complement to gauges and radar for the measurement of rain.

Journal of Hydrology, 2004 (to appear)

Comparison of the use of dual-frequency and single-frequency attenuation for the measurement of path-averaged rainfall along a microwave link.
A. R. Holt, G. G. Kuznetsov and A. R. Rahimi.
IEE Proceedings - Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 150(5), 315-320, 2003.

On-line detection of errors in tipping-bucket raingauges.
G. J. G. Upton and A. R. Rahimi.
Journal of Hydrology, 278(1-4), 197-212, 2003.

The use of dual-frequency microwave links for measuring path-averaged rainfall.
A. R. Rahimi, A. R. Holt, G. J. G. Upton, and R. J. Cummings.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 108(D15), 4467, doi: 10.1029/2002JD003202, 2003.

Assimilation of microwave link attenuation measurement of precipitation into an urban drainage network model.
G. L. Robbins and C. G. Collier.
Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society Eighth National Hydrology Symposium, 175-181, 2002.

The use of dual-frequency microwave links for measuring path-averaged rainfall. Part 1. Theory.
A. R. Holt, A. R. Rahimi and J. W. F. Goddard.
7th International Conference on Precipitation, Rockport, Maine, USA, 2001.

The use of dual-frequency microwave links for measuring path-averaged rainfall. Part 2. Experimental Results.
A. R. Rahimi, G. J. G. Upton, A. R. Holt, J. W. F. Goddard, M. J. Willis and C. G. Collier.
7th International Conference on Precipitation, Rockport, Maine, USA, 2001.

A correlation-regression method for tracking rainstorms using rain-gauge data.
G. J. G. Upton.
Published in the Journal of Hydrology.

Correlative properties of atmospheric effects on dual-frequency links.
J. W. F. Goddard, A. R. Holt, and C. G. Collier.
Proceedings of URSI Commission F Meeting on Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, Budapest, May 2001, pp23-26, ESA Publication WPP-184.

Measurement of rainfall by dual-wavelength microwave attenuation.
A. R. Holt, J. W. F. Goddard, G. J. G. Upton, M. J. Willis, A. R. Rahimi, P. D. Baxter and C. G. Collier.
Electronics Letters, 36(25), 2099-2101, 2000

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