Effects of tropical rainfall to the Ku-band satellite communications links at the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar Observatory

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 211-225

  Maekawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Tadashi ^a,b   Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Sato, Toru ^c   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^d   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^d   Fukao, Shoichiro ^d  

^a OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TODENTSU Corporation   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADIO WAVE; RAINDROP; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KINKI; KYOTO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 33748443382     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.211     Document Type: Article

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