The effect of particle size distributions on dust storm attenuation prediction for microwave propagation

International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Elsheikh, Elfatih A A ^a   Islam, Md Rafiqul ^a   Zahirul Alam, A H M ^a   Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil ^a   Khalid, Al Khateeb ^a   Elabdin, Zain ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST PARTICLE; DUST STORM; LOG-NORMAL; MEASURED DATA; MICROWAVE PROPAGATION; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; PREDICTION MODEL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

DUST; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

STORMS;

EID: 77957821761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCE.2010.5556831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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