Separation of simultaneous rain and ice depolarization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 513-523

  Van De Kamp, Max M J L ^a  

^a Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales   (France)

Author keywords

Ice; Millimeter wave propagation; Nonhomogeneous media; Polarization; Rain

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ICE; MILLIMETER WAVES; RAIN;

DEPOLARIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVE PROPAGATION; NONHOMOGENOUS MEDIA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1942424813     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818776     Document Type: Article

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