Raindrop size distribution model for the prediction of rain attenuation in Durban

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1068-1075

  Owolawi, P ^a  

^a MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DURBAN , SOUTH AFRICA; GOODNESS OF FIT; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAIN RATES; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP SIZES; SOUTH AFRICA; TWO-REGIME; WEST AFRICA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SATELLITE LINKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROPS;

EID: 84858147173     PISSN: 15599450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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