A Novel Method for Predicting Site Dependent Specific Rain Attenuation of Millimeter Radio Waves

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 II, 2003, Pages 2987-2999

  Åsen, Walther ^a   Tjelta, Terje ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drop size distributions (DSDs); Millimeter wave attenuation; Propagation prediction methods; Rainfall rate

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RAIN; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS (DSD);

RADIO WAVES;

EID: 10744227044     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818005     Document Type: Article

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