SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF PRECIPITATION EVENTS

摘要

Object of the invention is a system for the environmental monitoring of precipitation events, comprising a central unit and one or more remote measuring units operatively connected to the central unit, in which the measuring unit or units comprise: - at least one receiver adapted to receive a radio signal transmitted by one or more microwave transmitters and to measure the power of the electrical signal generated by the reception of the radio signal; a transmitting system to transmit to the central unit a datum associated with the measured power, a piece of information about the transmitter from which the radio signal was received and a piece of information about the measuring unit, and wherein the central unit comprises: - a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the remote measuring unit or units; - a processor unit operatively connected to the receiver to calculate, on the basis of the data transmitted by the remote measuring unit or units, the attenuation of the radio signal that crosses an observation zone from a plurality of different directions identified by each measuring unit/microwave transmitter pair and to reconstruct the spatial distribution of the precipitation events in that zone. Further object of the invention is a corresponding method for the environmental monitoring.