Worst-month rain rate and rain attenuation statistics for satellite system design in a mountainous region in Colombia

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 475-478

  Emiliani, Luis D ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Colombia; Communication system planning; Propagation; Radio system design; Rain attenuation; Satellite communications; Tropical zones

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PLANNING; PROPAGATION; RADIO SYSTEM DESIGN; RAIN ATTENUATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TROPICAL ZONES;

AVAILABILITY; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; RADIO; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 43049172401     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.885169     Document Type: Article

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