Spatial-temporal statistics of rainrate random fields

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 21-1-21-8

  Paulson, Kevin S ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fade slope; Rain; Rain attenuation; Spectral density; Statistics

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADIO LINKS; STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

RAINRATE RANDOM FIELDS; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL STATISTICS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036768942     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001rs002527     Document Type: Article

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