Ku-band diurnal fade characteristics and fade event duration data from three, two-year, Earth-space radiometric experiments in Equatorial Africa

International Journal of Satellite Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-183

  Allnutt, Jeremy E ^a   Haidara, Fatim ^b  

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

^b INTELSAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OUTAGES; RAIN; SATELLITE LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

DIRECT TO HOME (DTH) SERVICES; DIURNAL ATTENUATION;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034186915     PISSN: 07372884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1247(200005/06)18:3<161::AID-SAT653>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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