Evidence of long-term correlation between clear-air attenuation and scintillation in microwave and millimeter-wave satellite links

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1749-1757

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a   Riva, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION; MILLIMETER WAVE SATELLITE LINKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE LINKS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE LINKS;

EID: 0033319755     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.817648     Document Type: Article

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