A Stochastic Dynamic Model of Rain Attenuation

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 660-669

  Maseng, Torleiv ^a   Bakken, Petter M ^a  

^a NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN AND RAINFALL; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, SATELLITE - ANALYSIS;

RAIN ATTENUATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0019570469     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOM.1981.1095044     Document Type: Article

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