Title :
VOLTAIRE: a 5/sup th/ framework programme research and technological development project for validation of precipitation fields
Author :
Gabella, M. ; Perona, G.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Dept., Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
VOLTAIRE is an international partnership (started in 2003) co-funded by the European Commission within the RTD activities of the 5/sup th/ Framework Programme. VOLTAIRE stands for "Validation Of muLTisensors precipitAtIon fields and numerical modeling in mediterRanEan test sites". This paper briefly describes the project with a special focus on the preliminary results obtained by comparing (for the 1/sup st/ time in Europe) spaceborne and ground-based weather radar observations.
Keywords :
meteorological radar; numerical analysis; rain; sensor fusion; spaceborne radar; VOLTAIRE; Validation Of muLTisensors precipitAtIon fields; framework programme; ground-based weather radar; mediterranean test sites; numerical modeling; precipitation fields; research-technological development project; spaceborne radar; validation multisensor; Energy measurement; Europe; Instruments; Meteorological radar; Numerical models; Radar measurements; Rain; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2003. RAST '03. International Conference on. Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Istanbul, Turkey
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8142-4
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2003.1303382
