Development of rain-attenuation and rain-rate maps for satellite system design in the Ku and Ka bands in Colombia

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 54-68

  Emiliani, L D ^a,b   Agudelo, J ^a   Gutierrez, E ^a   Restrepo, J ^a   Fradique Mendez, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b Orbitel SA   (Colombia)

^c Circulo de Estrategia SA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Communication system planning; Microwave propagation; Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Millimeter wave propagation; Millimeter wave radio propagation meteorological factors; Propagation; Rain; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RAIN;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PLANNING; MICROWAVE PROPAGATION; MICROWAVE RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MILLIMETER WAVE PROPAGATION; MILLIMETER WAVE RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 14644413509     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1396736     Document Type: Article

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