Prediction of tropospheric amplitude scintillation on a satellite link

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1600-1608

  Otung, Ifiok E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTENNA DIAMETER; ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; PATH ELEVATION ANGLE; SEMI EMPIRICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FREQUENCY; TROPOSPHERIC AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION;

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EID: 0030383609     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.546246     Document Type: Article

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