An efficient TCS formula for rainfall microwave attenuation: T-matrix approach and 3-D fitting for oblate spheroidal raindrops

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1176-1181

  Seow, Yong Lee ^a   Li, Le Wei ^a   Leong, Mook Seng ^a   Kooi, Pang Shyan ^a   Yeo, Tat Soon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering, numerical analysis, rainfall attenuation, and radio wave propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROWAVES; RAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

RAINFALL MICROWAVE ATTENUATION; T-MATRIX METHOD; TOTAL CROSS SECTION (TCS);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0032136255     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.718572     Document Type: Article

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