Slant-path rain attenuation predictions in tropical regions

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 865-868

  Mandeep, J S ^a   Hassan, S I S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Propagation; Rain attenuation; Satellite; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATTENUATION PREDICTION MODELS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; RAIN ATTENUATION; SATELLITE BEACONS; SLANT-PATH RAIN; TROPICAL REGIONS;

RAIN;

MODEL; RAINFALL; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 33646182399     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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