Seasonal and diurnal variations of total attenuation measured with the ITALSAT satellite at Spino d'Adda at 18.7, 39.6 and 49.5 GHz

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-476

  Riva, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diurnal statistics; ITALSAT; Millimeter waves; Propagation; Satellite; Seasonal statistics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATTENUATION; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DIURNAL STATISTICS; ITALSAT; SEASONAL STATISTICS; TRANSMISSION FREQUENCIES;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3342913173     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.784     Document Type: Article

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