Numerical investigation of intense rainfall effects on coherent and incoherent slant-path propagation at K-band and above

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 965-977

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a   Roberti, Laura ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud and rainfall modeling; Earth satellite millimeter wave links; Microwave propagation; Multiple scattering effects; Radiative transfer theory; Rain attenuation

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MICROWAVES; RAIN; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038383358     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.811462     Document Type: Article

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