Comparison of 1-minute rainfall rate distributions for tropical and equatorial climates

Space Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 193-198

  Singh, Mandeep Singh Jit ^a   Hassan, Syed Idris Syed ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Propagation of radio waves; Rain attenuation; Rainfall rate; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TELEPHONE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PROPAGATION OF RADIO WAVES; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAINFALL RATE; WAVELENGTH;

RAIN;

EID: 28544442226     PISSN: 09248625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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