The linear relationship between attenuation and average rainfall rate for terrestrial links

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 994-1002

  Townsend, Adrian Justin ^a   Watson, Robert John ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; rainfall effects

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DISDROMETER DATA; GOODNESS OF FIT; INVERSE METHODS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MICROWAVE RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; POWER-LAW; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; RAINFALL EFFECTS; RAINFALL RATES; TERRESTRIAL LINKS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RADIO WAVES;

RAIN;

EID: 79952175831     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2103021     Document Type: Article

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