The aRb Relation in the Calculation of Rain Attenuation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1978, Pages 318-329

  Olsen, Roderic L ^a   Rogers, David V ^a   Hodge, Daniel B ^b  

^a Digital Radio Broadcast Technologies Research Division   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0017945561     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1978.1141845     Document Type: Article

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