Characteristics of rain fading on K a-band satellite-Earth links in a Pacific maritime climate

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 41-45

  Amaya, César ^a,b   Rogers, David V ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

K a band propagation; Maritime climate; Rain attenuation; Satellite communications

Indexed keywords

BEACON ANTENNAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FADING (RADIO); RADIOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036211648     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.981243     Document Type: Article

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5. Review of rainfall rate modeling and mapping
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7. Freezing level characteristics at selected stations across Canada