Spatial characterization and downscaling of rain attenuation fields from numerical weather prediction models

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 318-322

  Montopoli, Mario ^a   Marzano, Frank Silvio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION FIELDS; DOWN-SCALING; GROUND BASED RADAR; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RAIN ATTENUATION; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; T-MATRIX; X BANDS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RAIN; SIMULATORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70349862201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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