Stratiform and convective rain discrimination deduced from local P(R)

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3566-3569

  Capsoni, C ^a   Luini, L ^a   Paraboni, A ^a   Riva, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Convective rain; Radio propagation; Stratiform rain

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAIN;

CONVECTIVE RAIN; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; STRATIFORM RAIN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 37849189572     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.884312     Document Type: Article

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