Rayleigh-mie approximation for line-of-sight propagation through rain at 5-90 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-279

  De Wolf, David A ^a   Zwiesler, Albert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCIES; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COPOLAR DISCRIMINATION; CROSSPOLAR DISCRIMINATION; LINE OF SIGHT PROPAGATION; OBLATE SPHEROIDS; RAYLEIGH MIE APPROXIMATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030109598     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.486293     Document Type: Article

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