Simulation of radiometric and attenuation measurements along Earth-satellite links in the 10- to 50-GHz band through horizontally finite convective rain cells

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 841-858

  Marzano, Frank S ^a   Fionda, Ermanno ^b   Ciotti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HEAT RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SATELLITE LINKS;

MULTICHANNEL RADIOMETERS;

SATELLITE LINKS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0032624714     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900030     Document Type: Article

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