New Prediction Method Of Cloud Attenuation

Electronics Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1106-1108

  Salonen, E ^a   Uppala, S ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; Attenuation; Radio wave propagation; Satellite links

Indexed keywords

RADIOSONDES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, SATELLITE;

CLOUD ATTENUATION; EARTH-SATELLITE LINKS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0026418134     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19910687     Document Type: Article

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