Freezing height distribution in the tropics

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 533-545

  Thurai, Merhala ^a   Deguchi, Eri ^b   Iguchi, Toshio ^a   Okamoto, Ken'ichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bright band height; Freezing height; Rain attenuation; Rain scatter interference

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; EARTH (PLANET); ISOTHERMS; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAIN; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

RAIN ATTENUATION; RAIN SCATTER INTERFERENCE;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0347947045     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.768     Document Type: Article

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