Review of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Propagation Campaign in North America

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Crane, R K ^a   Rogers, D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurement; Ka band; Prediction methods; Radio propagation meteorological factors

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032318758     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.739188     Document Type: Review

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