Analysis of the interference due to differential rain attenuation induced by an adjacent path on a dual-site diversity Earth-space system

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1435-1448

  Kanellopoulos, J D ^a   Ventouras, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICS; EARTH (PLANET); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DUAL-SITE DIVERSITY;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARRIER TO INTERFERENCE RATIO; CONVECTIVE RAIN CELLS; DIFFERENTIAL ATTENUATION; DIFFERENTIAL RAIN ATTENUATION; EARTH-SPACE SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LOG-NORMAL MODEL; RAINFALL RATES;

EID: 0030287795     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS01890     Document Type: Article

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