Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Brazil

2005 Fifth International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1097-1101

  Pontes, M S ^a   Da Silva Mello, L ^a   De Souza, R S L ^a   Miranda, Erasmus C B ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE PETRÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Radio propagation; Rain attenuation; Tropical propagation

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE LINKS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EQUATORIAL REGIONS; RAIN ATTENUATION; TROPICAL PROPAGATION;

RAIN;

EID: 34147169195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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