Relationship between scintillation and rain attenuation at 19.77 GHz

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-279

  Matricciani, Emilio ^a   Mauri, Mario ^a   Riva, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; SCINTILLATION; ATTENUATION; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE;

HIGH RESOLUTION; POWER-LAW; RAIN ATTENUATION; SLANT PATH; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; THIN LAYER MODEL; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION;

RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

OLYMPUS SATELLITE; RAIN ATTENUATION; STANDARD DURATION; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; TURBULENT THIN LAYER ALOFT;

EID: 0030107075     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS03475     Document Type: Article

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