Modified rain attenuation model for tropical regions for Ku-Band signals

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-67

  Ramachandran, V ^a   Kumar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

ACCF; Attenuation; Breakpoint; Modified ITU R model; Rain rate

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEMS; TROPICS;

BREAKPOINT RAIN RATE; MODIFIED ITU-R MODEL; SATELLITE SIGNAL; TROPICAL REGIONS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846626461     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.846     Document Type: Article

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