Design of a tropical rain - Disaster alarm system: A new approach based on wireless sensor networks and acoustic rain rate measurements Export

@proceedings{citeulike:6106637, abstract = {This paper discusses the design of a broadband wireless network infrastructure which itself is a rain measurement platform for applications such as disaster alarm and sudden hazard decision management systems. A sensor testbed is setup which consists of a hybrid broadband wireless network in conjunction with real-time acoustic rain rate point sensors and complementary rain gauges. The testbed simulates the commercial deployment of a line-of-sight wireless backbone (implemented via a 26 GHz line of sight link) and broadband wireless access network at 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. Combined wireless signal fade, acoustic power and tipping bucket rain rate measurements over a several month span indicate the feasibility of using rain-induced attenuation and fade durations to trigger imminent-hazard alerts.}, author = {Libatique, N. J. C. and Tangonan, G. L. and Gustilo, R. and Seah, W. K. G. and Pineda, C. and Guico, M. L. and Abrajano, G. and Ching, R. and Zamora, J. L. and Espinosa, A. and Valera, A. C. and Lamac, R. and Dy, H. and Pusta, J. and Trono, E. M. and Gimpaya, A. and San Luis, J. R. and Gonzales, S. J. and Lotho, A. T.}, citeulike-article-id = {6106637}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168663}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5168663}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168663}, journal = {Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE}, keywords = {environment, networks, rain}, month = {July}, pages = {1337--1340}, posted-at = {2009-11-13 02:20:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Design of a tropical rain - Disaster alarm system: A new approach based on wireless sensor networks and acoustic rain rate measurements}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168663}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:6106637 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6106637 N2 - This paper discusses the design of a broadband wireless network infrastructure which itself is a rain measurement platform for applications such as disaster alarm and sudden hazard decision management systems. A sensor testbed is setup which consists of a hybrid broadband wireless network in conjunction with real-time acoustic rain rate point sensors and complementary rain gauges. The testbed simulates the commercial deployment of a line-of-sight wireless backbone (implemented via a 26 GHz line of sight link) and broadband wireless access network at 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. Combined wireless signal fade, acoustic power and tipping bucket rain rate measurements over a several month span indicate the feasibility of using rain-induced attenuation and fade durations to trigger imminent-hazard alerts. JF - Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE EP - 1340 TI - Design of a tropical rain - Disaster alarm system: A new approach based on wireless sensor networks and acoustic rain rate measurements SP - 1337 KW - environment KW - networks KW - rain AU - Libatique, NJC AU - Tangonan, GL AU - Gustilo, R AU - Seah, WKG AU - Pineda, C AU - Guico, ML AU - Abrajano, G AU - Ching, R AU - Zamora, JL AU - Espinosa, A AU - Valera, AC AU - Lamac, R AU - Dy, H AU - Pusta, J AU - Trono, EM AU - Gimpaya, A AU - San Luis, JR AU - Gonzales, SJ AU - Lotho, AT PY - 2009/07/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168663 ER -