Identification of dry and rainy periods using telecommunication microwave links

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-615

  Schleiss, Marc ^a   Berne, Alexis ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation; microwave link; rain

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; CRITICAL ISSUES; DATA TRANSMISSION; MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN RATES; REAL TIME; TIME VARYING; WEATHER RADARS; WIRELESS DATA;

CURING; DROUGHT; MICROWAVES; RAIN; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS;

MICROWAVE LINKS;

EID: 77954621846     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2043052     Document Type: Article

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