Dynamical properties of rainfall for performance assessment of earth/space communication links at Ku and Ka bands

International Journal of Satellite Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Timothy, K I ^a,b   Mondal, N C ^a   Sarkar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Radio wave propagation; Rain attenuation; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FADING (RADIO); RAIN; SATELLITE LINKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RAINFALL RATE;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031707671     PISSN: 07372884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1247(199801/02)16:1<53::AID-SAT594>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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