Ka-band scintillations: Measurements and model predictions

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 936-945

  Mayer, Charles E ^a   Jaeger, Bradley E ^a   Crane, Robert K ^b   Wang, Xuhe ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UniversityofOklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurement; Earth space propagation; Electromagnetic propagation; Microwave propagation; Microwave radio propagation; Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

MICROWAVE RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SCINTILLATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031167779     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.598416     Document Type: Article

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