Rain attenuation at 103 GHz in millimeter wave ranges

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1651-1660

  Utsunomiya, T ^a   Sekine, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rain attenuation; Raindrop size distribution; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; RAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN ATTENUATION; RAINDROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATTENUATION;

EID: 28544453068     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: 15729559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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