Prediction of Ka-band terrestrial rain attenuation using 2-year rain drop size distribution measurements in Northern Taiwan

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1833-1841

  Tseng, C H ^a   Chen, K S ^a,d   Shi, J C ^b   Chu, C H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; IN SITU PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SIZE DETERMINATION;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD); KA-BAND TERRESTRIAL RAIN ATTENUATION; OPTICAL RAIN GAGES; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 27744550917     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939305775696793     Document Type: Article

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