Micro rain cell measurements in tropical India for site diversity fade mitigation estimation

Radio Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shukla, Ashish K ^a   Roy, Bijoy ^a   Das, Saurabh ^a   Charania, A R ^a   Kavaiya, K S ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan ^b   Dasgupta, K S ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND FREQUENCIES; DIVERSITY GAIN; FADE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; HEAVY RAINS; MICRO-SCALES; RAIN CELLS; SITE DIVERSITY; SPATIAL EXTENT; TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GAGES; HEARING AIDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PULSE MODULATION; TROPICS;

RAIN;

EID: 77649083645     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008RS004093     Document Type: Article

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