An efficient calculational approach to evaluation of microwave specific attenuation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1220-1229

  Li, Le Wei ^a   Yeo, Tat Soon ^a   Kooi, Pang Shyan ^a   Leong, Mook Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Microwave propagation effects; Rain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037921587     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.884490     Document Type: Article

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