Seasonal and diurnal rain effects on Ku-band satellite link designs in rainy tropical regions

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 841-842

  Pan, Q W ^a   Allnutt, J E ^b   Haidara, F ^c  

^a MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTELSAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL TELEVISION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAIN EFFECTS; RAINY TROPICAL REGIONS; SATELLITE TO GROUND LINK;

SATELLITE LINKS;

EID: 0033741063     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000339     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. ALLNUTT, J.E., and HAIDARA, F.: 'Ku-band diurnal rain fade statistics from three, two-year, earth-space experiments in equatorial Africa'. Proc. URSI Commission F Open Symp. Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, Ottawa, Canada, 27-29 April 1998, pp. 159-162
2. ALLNUTT, J.E., and HAIDARA, F.: 'Ku-band fade duration data from three, two-year, earth-space experiments in equatorial Africa'. Proc. URSI Commission F Open Symp. Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, Ottawa, Canada, 27-29 April 1998, pp. 163-166
3. PAN, Q.W., ALLNUTT, J.E., and HAIDARA, F.: '12 GHz diurnal fade variations in the tropics', to be published in Electron. Lett.
4. PAN, Q.W., BRYANT, G.H., MCMAHON, J., ALLNUTT, J.E., and HAIDARA, F.: 'High elevation angle satellite-to-earth 12 GHz propagation measurements in the tropics', to be published in Int. J. Satellite Commun.