Evidence for the presence of turbulent attenuation on low-elevation angle earth-space paths-part i: comparison of CCIR recommendation and scintillation observations on a 3.3° path

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-84

  Mohd Yusoff, M M B ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Radio propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; METEOROLOGY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

LOW ELEVATION SLANT PATH SCINTILLATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL STRENGTH;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030822445     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.554243     Document Type: Article

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