Differential rain attenuation statistics on two converging point-to-point terrestrial links located in a tropical climatic region

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 673-677

  Panagopoulos, Athanasios D ^a   Kanellopoulos, John D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Electromagnetic wave propagation; Radio relay link; Radio wave; Rain; Statistical study; Zone tropicale

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL RAIN ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION STATISTICS; CLIMATIC REGIONS; RADIO RELAY LINK; RADIO RELAYS; RELAY LINKS; STATISTICAL STUDY; TERRESTRIAL LINKS; ZONE TROPICALE;

ATTENUATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RADIO WAVES; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

EID: 0037832362     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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