Physical-mathematical model of the dynamics of rain attenuation based on rain rate time series and a two-layer vertical structure of precipitation

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-295

  Matricciani, Emilio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STORMS; TIME SERIES; ATTENUATION; CALCULATIONS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PROBABILITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LONG-TERM PREDICTION; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; PREDICTION ERRORS; PREDICTION METHODS; RAIN ATTENUATION PREDICTIONS; SYNTHETIC STORM TECHNIQUE; TRANSLATION SPEED; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

RAIN;

PHYSICAL MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAIN RATE TIME SERIES; SYNTHETIC STORM TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030108562     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS03129     Document Type: Article

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