Worldwide infrared and millimeter wave satellite performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4272, Issue , 2001, Pages 268-281

  Christopher, P ^a  

^a PFC Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud water content; Infrared; Millimeter wave; Orbits; Probability; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLOUDS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; WATER;

INFRARED LASERS; INFRARED SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; LIQUID WATER CONTENT;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034859643     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430788     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Overview of the ground-to-orbit lasercom demonstration
2. (Very) preliminary results of the STRV-2 satellite-to-ground lasercom experiment
3. Effects of precipitation at 0.63, 3.5, and 10.6 microns
4. Characterization of atmospheric attenuation in the absence of rain in Europe in SHF/EHF bands for VSAT satcom systems applications
5. World wide maps of non rainy attenuation for low-margin satcom systems operating in SHF/EHF bands
6. World wide millimeter wave attenuation functions from Barbaliscia's 49/22 GHz observations
7. Satellite constellations for Ka Band communications
8. Coherent laser radar performance in littoral environments- a statistical analysis based on weather observations
9. Cloud water content equations are available on floppies (limited quantity)