Publications in Peer-reviewed journals

Alpert, P., and Rubin, Y.: First daily mapping of surface moisture from cellular network data and comparison with both observations/ECMWF product, Geophy. Res. Lett., 45, 8619– 8628. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078661, 2018.

Chwala, C., Keis, F., and Kunstmann, H.: Real-time data acquisition of commercial microwave link networks for hydrometeorological applications, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 991–999, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-991-2016, 2016.

Chwala, C., and Kunstmann, H.: Commercial microwave link networks for rainfall observation: Assessment of the current status and future challenges. Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Water 6, e1337. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1337, 2019.

Chwala, C., Kunstmann, H., Hipp, S., and Siart, U.: A monostatic microwave transmission experiment for line integrated precipitation and humidity remote sensing, Atmos. Res., 144, 57-72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.05.014, 2014.

David, N., Sendik, O., Rubin, Y. , Messer, H., Gao. H.O., Rostkier-Edelstein, D. and Alpert, P., 2019. Analyzing the ability to reconstruct the moisture field using commercial microwave network data”, Atm. Res., 219, 213-222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.12.025, 2019.

Eshel, A., Ostrometzky, J., Gat, S., Alpert, P., and Messer, H.: Spatial Reconstruction of Rain Fields From Wireless Telecommunication Networks - Scenario-Dependent Analysis of IDW-Based Algorithms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 17(5), 770-774, https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2019.2935348, 2020.

Eshel, A., Messer, H., Kunstmann, H., Alpert, P., and Chwala, C.: Quantitative Analysis of the Performance of Spatial Interpolation Methods for Rainfall Estimation Using Commercial Microwave Links. Journal of Hydrometeorology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-20-0164.1, 2021.

Fersch, B., Senatore, A., Adler, B., Arnault, J., Mauder, M., Schneider, K., Völksch, I., and Kunstmann, H.,:High-resolution fully coupled atmospheric–hydrological modeling: a cross-compartment regional water and energy cycle evaluation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2457–2481, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2457-2020, 2020

Gazit, L., and Messer, H.: Sufficient conditions for reconstructing 2-D rainfall maps. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 56.11, 6334-6343, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2836998, 2018a. Gazit, L., and Messer, H.: Advancements in the statistical study, modeling, and simulation of microwave-links in cellular backhaul networks. Environments, 5(7), 75, https://doi.org/10.3390/environments5070075, 2018b

Graf, M., Chwala, C., Polz, J., and Kunstmann, H.: Rainfall estimation from a German-wide commercial microwave link network: optimized processing and validation for 1 year of data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2931–2950, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2931-2020, 2020.

Moroder, C., Siart, U., Chwala, C., and Kunstmann, H.: Modeling of Wet Antenna Attenuation for Precipitation Estimation From Microwave Links. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2019.2922768, 2019a.

Moroder, C., Siart, U., Chwala, C., and Kunstmann, H.: Microwave Instrument for Simultaneous Wet Antenna Attenuation and Precipitation Measurement, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2019.2961498, 2019b.

Ostrometzky, J., and Messer, H.: Dynamic determination of the baseline level in microwave links for rain monitoring from minimum attenuation values. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11(1), 24-33, 2017a.

Ostrometzky, J., Raich, R., Bao, L., Hansryd, J., and Messer, H.: The wet-antenna effect - A factor to be considered in future communication networks. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 66(1), 315-322, 2017b

Ostrometzky, J., and Eshel, A.: Empirical study of the quantization induced bias in commercial microwave links’ min/max attenuation measurements for rain monitoring. Environments, 5(7), 80, 2018

Polz, J., Chwala, C., Graf, M., and Kunstmann, H.: Rain event detection in commercial microwave link attenuation data using convolutional neural networks, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 3835-3853, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3835-2020, 2020.

Silver, M., Karnieli, A., Ginat, H., Meiri, E., and Fredj, E.: An innovative method for determining hydrological calibration parameters for the WRF-Hydro model in arid regions”, Environmental Modelling & Software 91, 47-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.01.010, 2017.

Silver, M., Karnieli, A., Marra, F., and Fredj, E.: An Evaluation of Weather Radar Adjustment Algorithms Using Synthetic Data, Hydrology, Volume 576, September 2019, Pages 408-421 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.06.064, 2019.

Silver, M., Svoray, T., Karnieli, A.,Fredj, E.: Improving weather radar precipitation maps: A fuzzy logic approach, Atmospheric Research, Volume 234, 104710 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104710 , 2020.

Silver, M., Karnieli, A., Fredj, E.: Improved Gridded Precipitation Data Derived from Microwave Link Attenuation, Remote Sensing, 13, 2953. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152953, 2021.

Smiatek, G., Keis, F., Chwala, C., Fersch, B., and Kunstmann, H.: Potential of commercial microwave link network derived rainfall for river runoff simulations. Environmental Research Letters, 12(3), 034026, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5f46, 2017.

Other publications

A. Khader, S. Shadeed, A. Jayyousi, H. Kunstmann, C. Chwala, J. Arnault, and T. Rummler: WRF-Hydro Modeling of Semi-Arid Regions with Channel Transmission Loss Function: The Case Study of Faria Catchment, West Bank, Palestine. The Second International Conference on Civil Engineering, Palestine, November 2019.

Shadeed, S. C. Chwala, A. Jayyousi, A. Khader, and H. Kunstmann: Rainfall Mapping in the Faria Catchment, Palestine – Comparison and Evaluation of Six Interpolation Methods. The Second International Conference on Civil Engineering, Palestine, November 2019.

Ostrometzky, J., & Messer, H. (2020, May). Statistical Signal Processing Approach for Rain Estimation Based on Measurements from Network Management Systems. In ICASSP 2020-2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp. 9026-9030). IEEE.

Ostrometzky, J., Raich, R., Eshel, A., & Messer, H. (2016, March). Calibration of the attenuation-rain rate power-law parameters using measurements from commercial microwave networks. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp. 3736-3740). IEEE.

Conference presentations and poster

Chwala, C., Keis, F., & Kunstmann, H. (2016). Real-time data acquisition of commercial microwave links: Implementation, Potential and Challenges, In 16th EMS Annual Meeting, Trieste, Italy.

Chwala, C., Boose, Y., Smiatek, G., & Kunstmann, H. (2017). Continuous country-wide rainfall observation using a large network of commercial microwave links: Challenges, solutions and applications, In EGU general assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Chwala, C., Leijnse, H., Overeem, A., Uijlenhoet, R., Messer, H., Alpert, P., Doumounia, A., Tricarico, D., Fencl, M., Bareš, V., Muhammad, A., Syed, H., Hussain, S., Giacomo, R., Pier, A., Jafet, A., Remco, v. d. B., Carlo, d. M., Michele, d., . . . Harald, K. (2018). Countrywide QPE from commercial microwave link networks performs great, so why is it not yet available?, In 9th Workshop of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), Seoul, South Korea.

Chwala, C., Smiatek, G., & Kunstmann, H. (2018a). Real-time country-wide rainfall derived from a large network of commercial microwave links in Germany, In EGU general assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Chwala, C., Smiatek, G., & Kunstmann, H. (2018b). Real-time Rainfall from a Country-wide Network of Commercial Microwave Links in Germany, In 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Ede, Netherlands.

Chwala, C., Winterrath, T., Graf, M., Smiatek, G., & Kunstmann, H. (2019). Deutschlandweite Nieder- schlagsmessung mit kommerziellen Richtfunkstrecken: Herausforderungen der Echtzeitprozessierung und zukünftige Kombination mit Radarmessungen, In Meteorologentagung DACH, Garmisch- Partenkirchen, Germany.

Chwala, C., Leijnse, H., Overeem, A., Uijlenhoet, R., Messer, H., Alpert, P., Doumounia, A., Fencl, M., Bareš, V., Sohail Afzal, M., Hamid, H., Giacomo, R., Pier, A., Remco, v. d. B., Carlo, d. M., Michele, d., Roberto, N., Marielle, G., & Harald, K. (2018). Rainfall observation using commercial microwave links: An overview of ongoing projects around the globe, In 9th Workshop of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), Seoul, South Korea.

Khader, A., Shadeed, S., Jayyousi, A., Kunstmann, H., Chwala, C., Arnault, J., & Rummler, T. (2018). WRF-Hydro Modeling of Semi-Arid Regions Using Multiple Sources of Rainfall Data: The Case Study of Faria Catchment, West Bank, Palestine, In EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Silver M. D, Karmieli A. C, and Fredj E. PI, “An Evaluation of Rain Radar Adjustment Algorithms using Synthetic Data”, EGU2018-2838, HS7.1/AS1.18/NP3.3, April (2018).

Silver M. D, and Fredj E. PI, “Optimized Flood Forecast Using Statistical Ensemble”, EGU Conference , Volume 18, (2016).

M Silver. D, A Karnieli PI, E Fredj PI “Improved Precipitation Derived from Microwave Link Attenuation precipitation”, ERAD2020, March 22, 2020