High elevation angle satellite-to-earth 12 GHz propagation measurements in the tropics

International Journal of Satellite Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 363-384

  Pan, Qingwei ^a   Bryant, Geoff H ^b   McMahon, John ^c   Allnutt, Jeremy E ^d   Haidara, Fatim ^c  

^a MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c George Mason University   (United States)

^d INTELSAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave measurements; Propagation; Satellite communications; Tropical meteorological characteristics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITE LINKS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

LOW-NOISE BLOCKS (LNB); SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035390808     PISSN: 07372884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.675     Document Type: Article

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