Tropospheric scintillation in the 14/11-GHz bands on earth-space paths with low elevation angles

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 563-569

  Karasawa, Yoshio ^a   Yamada, Matsuichi ^a   Yasukawa, Koji ^b  

^a KDDI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIO TRANSMISSION - REFRACTION;

14/11-GHZ BANDS; EARTH-SPACE PATHS WITH LOW ELEVATION ANGLES; ELEVATION-ANGLE DEPENDENCE; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0024000238     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.1146     Document Type: Article

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