Rain-induced scintillation on satellite downlinks

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-67

  Otung, I E ^a   Mahmoud, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiowave propagation; Rain; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RAIN; SATELLITE LINKS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONCURRENT MEASUREMENTS; DISTROMETER; RAIN INDUCED SCINTILLATION; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE BEACON RECEIVER; SATELLITE DOWNLINKS; TRANSFER MATRIX;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030568240     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960011     Document Type: Article

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