Rain height variability in the Tropics

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Thurai, M ^a,b   Deguchi, E ^c,d   Okamoto, K ^c   Salonen, E ^e  

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

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d SKY Perfect JSAT Corp   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HYDROMETEOR; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN HEIGHT VARIABILITY; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSION SATELLITE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 17644388123     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20041146     Document Type: Article

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