Acts propagation experiment: experiment design, calibration, and data preparation and archival

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 863-877

  Crane, Robert K ^a   Wang, Xuhe ^b   Westenhaver, D B ^c   Vogel, Wolfhard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Westcnhaver Wizard Works Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Microwave radiometry; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave radio propagation meteorological factors; Rain; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE (ACTS); METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SLANT PATH ATTENUATION STATISTICS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031170660     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.598410     Document Type: Article

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