A prediction model that combines rain attenuation and other propagation impairments along earth-satellite paths

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1546-1558

  Dissanayake, Asoka ^a,b   Allnutt, Jeremy ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b COMSAT Laboaratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Propagation; Rain; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE LINKS;

BEACON MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETER MEASUREMENT; RAIN ATTENUATION;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031259458     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.633864     Document Type: Article

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