MARG
"Development of a high resolution, low cost, short range precipitation radar system"
| Coordinatore | ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT
Organization address
address: TETENYI UT 84-86 contact info |
| 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
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS HUNGARY KFT
Organization address
address: TETENYI UT 84-86 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | coordinator | 26˙200.00 |
| 2 |
GEOGRAFIA APLICADA SL
Organization address
address: AVENIDA JOSE MARIA GALAN MERINO PLANTA 01 PUERTA 2 contact info |
ES (SEVILLA) | participant | 179˙500.00 |
| 3 |
MET-ENV FEJLESZTO ES SZOLGALTATO BETETI TARSASAG
Organization address
address: PASKOMLIGET UTCA 16 1/7 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 175˙000.00 |
| 4 |
PESSL INSTRUMENTS GMBH
Organization address
address: WERKSWEG 107 contact info |
AT (WEIZ) | participant | 168˙800.00 |
| 5 |
BHE BONN HUNGARY ELEKTRONIKAI Kft
Organization address
address: IPARI PARK UTCA 10 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 161˙200.00 |
| 6 |
ON AIR ELEKTRONIKAI GYARTO ES JAVITO KFT
Organization address
address: TORNACOS UTCA 16 contact info |
HU (NYIREGYHAZA OROS) | participant | 146˙400.00 |
| 7 |
CANTINE D'ALFONSO DEL SORDO SRL
Organization address
address: Contrada S Antonino SS 89 Km 5 contact info |
IT (SAN SEVERO) | participant | 143˙300.00 |
| 8 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
Organization address
address: Rechbauerstrasse 12 contact info |
AT (GRAZ) | participant | 20˙600.00 |
| 9 |
AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA PROTEZIONE AMBIENTALE DEL PIEMONTE
Organization address
address: VIA PIO VII 9 contact info |
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.