Microwave Attenuation by Realistically Distorted Raindrops: Part II—Predictions

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 823-828

  Li, Le Wei ^a   Kooi, Pang Shyan ^a   Leong, Mook Seng ^a   Yeo, Tat Soon ^a   Gao, Min Zhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTORTION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; RAIN;

DISTORTED RAINDROPS; MARSHALL PALMER DISTRIBUTION; MICROWAVE ATTENUATION; RAINDROP SIZE; SINGAPORE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0029357509     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.402201     Document Type: Article

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