Experimental and Theoretical Statistics of Microwave Amplitude Scintillations on Satellite Down-Links

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1982, Pages 1099-1106

  Moulsley, Tim J ^a   Vilar, Enric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0020204907     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1982.1142964     Document Type: Article

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