Regional variability of rain drop size distribution model in India

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-135

  Vidyarthi, Anurag ^a   Jassal, B S ^a   Gowri, R ^b   Shukla, A K ^c  

^a GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GRAPHIC ERA HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FADE MARGIN; GOOD CORRELATIONS; RAIN DROP SIZE; REGIONAL VARIABILITY;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RAIN;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84866757517     PISSN: 19376480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERL12062902     Document Type: Article

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