Scintillation and simultaneous rain attenuation at 12.5 GHz to satellite Olympus

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1861-1866

  Matricciani, Emilio ^a   Mauri, Mario ^a   Riva, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SCINTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HIGH RESOLUTION; POWER-LAW; RAIN ATTENUATION; SLANT PATH; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; TURBULENT LAYER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

RAIN ATTENUATION;

EID: 0031238214     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS01458     Document Type: Article

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