Cumulative distributions of rainfall rate and microwave attenuation in Singapore's tropical region

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 751-756

  Zhou, Z X ^a   Li, L W ^a   Yeo, T S ^a   Leong, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE LINKS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROWAVE ATTENUATION; RAINFALL RATE; SINGAPORE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0034187394     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900094     Document Type: Article

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