MARG

"Development of a high resolution, low cost, short range precipitation radar system"

Coordinatore	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT    more  Organization address address: TETENYI UT 84-86 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1119 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Attila Cognome: Uderszky Email: send email Telefono: +36 1 787 4024
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Hungary [HU]
Totale costo	1˙463˙186 €
EC contributo	1˙028˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-11-01   -   2014-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT  Organization address address: TETENYI UT 84-86 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1119 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Attila Cognome: Uderszky Email: send email Telefono: +36 1 787 4024	HU (BUDAPEST)	coordinator	26˙200.00
2	GEOGRAFIA APLICADA SL  Organization address address: AVENIDA JOSE MARIA GALAN MERINO PLANTA 01 PUERTA 2 city: SEVILLA postcode: 41015 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Juan Pedro Cognome: Pérez Email: send email Telefono: 349544000000	ES (SEVILLA)	participant	179˙500.00
3	MET-ENV FEJLESZTO ES SZOLGALTATO BETETI TARSASAG  Organization address address: PASKOMLIGET UTCA 16 1/7 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1156 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ferenc Cognome: Dombai Email: send email Telefono: 36302979953	HU (BUDAPEST)	participant	175˙000.00
4	PESSL INSTRUMENTS GMBH  Organization address address: WERKSWEG 107 city: WEIZ postcode: 8160 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Gottfried J. Cognome: Pessl Email: send email Telefono: +43 3172 55 21	AT (WEIZ)	participant	168˙800.00
5	BHE BONN HUNGARY ELEKTRONIKAI Kft  Organization address address: IPARI PARK UTCA 10 city: BUDAPEST postcode: 1044 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Károly Cognome: Kazi Email: send email Telefono: 3612332138	HU (BUDAPEST)	participant	161˙200.00
6	ON AIR ELEKTRONIKAI GYARTO ES JAVITO KFT  Organization address address: TORNACOS UTCA 16 city: NYIREGYHAZA OROS postcode: 4551 contact info Nome: Ferenc Cognome: Tóth Email: send email Telefono: 36309677317	HU (NYIREGYHAZA OROS)	participant	146˙400.00
7	CANTINE D'ALFONSO DEL SORDO SRL  Organization address address: Contrada S Antonino SS 89 Km 5 city: SAN SEVERO postcode: 71016 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Giovanni Cognome: D'alfonso Del Sordo Email: send email Telefono: +39 0882 221444 Fax: +39 0882 241234	IT (SAN SEVERO)	participant	143˙300.00
8	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ  Organization address address: Rechbauerstrasse 12 city: GRAZ postcode: 8010 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Helmut Cognome: Paulitsch Email: send email Telefono: 433169000000 Fax: 433169000000	AT (GRAZ)	participant	20˙600.00
9	AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA PROTEZIONE AMBIENTALE DEL PIEMONTE  Organization address address: VIA PIO VII 9 city: TORINO (TURIN) postcode: 10135 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Roberto Cognome: Cremonini Email: send email Telefono: +39 011 1968 0265 Fax: +39 011 1968 1341	IT (TORINO (TURIN))	participant	7˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The MARG project addresses the need to increase the competitiveness of the SME partners by developing an accurate, real-time and user friendly measurement system for monitoring spatial distribution and intensity of rain in rural and urban scale. By providing the innovative system and the data acquired via the system to business that are directly impacted by rain consortium SMEs intend to capture a significant share of the weather market that is valued at € 200 billion only in Europe. SMEs that cover the supply chain want to take an advantage of early market penetration and outrun the competition. During the project a pre-competitive prototype will be crafted by partners for single radar and network application. Partner SMEs strongly believe that it will turn to a marketable product by 2014 and within the first 5 years of exploitation it will gain a total profit of € 1.5 M for them.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded scientists are working toward developing a new generation of radars for estimating rainfall rates.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

A wide range of areas, from agriculture to flood defence, depend on reliable rainfall data. Current measurement methods include either the use of rain gauges that measure precipitation in a single point or long-range weather radars that are relatively expensive.

Scientists in the EU-funded project 'Development of a high resolution, low cost, short range precipitation radar system' (http://marg-project.eu/ (MARG)) are addressing the clear need for an affordable and innovative device for recording rainfalls. In particular, they are developing an accurate, real-time and user-friendly measurement system for monitoring spatial distribution and intensity of rain at rural and urban scale. The system should provide 100-m spatial resolution over a 30-km range.

The MARG system provides real-time radar images along with rain-intensity data. By using morphological information from the integrated geographical information system, it also identifies rain type events. Furthermore, it delivers cumulative radar data representing the total precipitation over a selected time period and short-term radar forecasts. Additional services include forecasts based on model output statistics, a heavy precipitation and storm alert service, 24-hour system monitoring and automated system status notification.

MARG uses a variety of new technologies to collect weather data. It combines state-of-the-art microwave technology, digital signal processing and geographic information systems along with novel algorithms to measure precipitation.

The novel system identifies rain types using Doppler spectrum data and morphological information from radar rainfall maps. Scientists have already developed the radio-frequency hardware modules that are now ready for testing. Furthermore, they have selected parabolic antennae working in the C band (5.6 GHz) that provide high accuracy and designed quantitative precipitation estimation algorithms.

Through rainfall estimates, the MARG system is expected to play a vital role especially in sewer system performance, water treatment plants and irrigation control systems.