Empirical near ground path loss modeling in a forest at VHF and UHF bands

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1461-1468

  Meng, Yu Song ^a   Lee, Yee Hui ^a   Ng, Boon Chong ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Forest; Lateral wave; Near ground; Path loss; VHF and UHF

Indexed keywords

FOREST; LATERAL WAVE; NEAR GROUND; PATH LOSS; VHF AND UHF;

RADIO WAVES; UHF DEVICES;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 67349160020     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2016703     Document Type: Article

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