Equatorial rainfall measurement on ku-band satellite communication downlink

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2007, Pages 195-200

  Mandeep, J S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

KU-BANDS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

EID: 34548449792     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER07070901     Document Type: Article

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