Specific attenuation and depolarisation in rain from 2-dimensional video disdrometer data

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 373-380

  Thurai, M ^a   Bringi, V N ^a   Rocha, A ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIS RATIO; BEST-FIT COEFFICIENTS; CROSS-POLAR DISCRIMINATION; DEPOLARISATION; DISDROMETERS; DROP OSCILLATIONS; DROP SHAPE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATION TIME; ITU-R RECOMMENDATION; POLARISATION; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; RAIN RATES; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; T-MATRIX; UPPER LIMITS; VIDEO DISDROMETER;

POLARIZATION; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VIDEODISKS;

DROPS;

EID: 50449092051     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20060023     Document Type: Article

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