Raindrop size distribution using method of moments for terrestrial and satellite communication applications in Singapore

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1420-1424

  Timothy, K Isaiah ^a   Ong, Jin Teong ^a   Choo, Emily B L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Rain attenuation; Raindrop size distribution

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RAIN;

DISTROMETER; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036821347     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.802091     Document Type: Article

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