Improved models for long-term prediction of tropospheric scintillation on slant paths

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-260

  Van De Kamp, Max M J L ^a   Tervonen, Jouni K ^b   Salonen, Erkki T ^c   Pedro V Polares Baptista, J ^d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloud water content; Cumulus clouds; Low fade margin; Meteorology; Propagation; Radio wave propagation; Satellite communication; Tropospheric scintillation; Tropospheric turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS; SCINTILLATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD WATER CONTENT; SCINTILLATION INTENSITY; TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 0032633953     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.761064     Document Type: Article

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