A modified analysis for the prediction of multiple-site diversity performance in earth-space communication including rain height effects

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-513

  Kanellopoulos, John D ^a   Livieratos, Spiros N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATIC ZONES; GEOGRAPHIC LATITUDES; SITE DIVERSITY TECHNIQUES;

SATELLITE LINKS;

EID: 0030685001     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939397X00792     Document Type: Article

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