Spatial distribution of cloud cover

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-155

  Garcia, Pedro ^a   Benarroch, Ana ^a   Riera, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud attenuation; Cloud cover distribution; Millimeter wave propagation; Multi beam systems; Propagation impairment mitigation; Spatial correlation of meteorological parameters

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METEOROLOGY; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICS;

CLOUD ATTENUATION; CLOUD COVER DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTI-BEAM SYSTEMS; PROPAGATION IMPAIRMENT MITIGATION; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 41149148174     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.899     Document Type: Article

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