Evidence for the presence of turbulent attenuation on low-elevation angle earth-space paths-part 2: frequency scaling of scintillation intensity on a 10° path

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Jones, S M R ^a   Glover, Lan A ^a   Watson, P A ^a   Howell, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radio propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FADING (RADIO); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE; FREQUENCY SCALING; SCINTILLATION INTENSITY;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030836317     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.554244     Document Type: Article

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