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kaspaas
05-05-2006, 05:30 PM
Mobile masts signal rain showers

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Storms disrupt the signals between mobile phone masts
The signals from mobile phone masts have been used to measure rainfall patterns in Israel, scientists report.

A team from the University of Tel-Aviv analysed information routinely collected by mobile networks to make their estimates.

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