Rain attenuation at millimeter wavelength of 1.33 mm

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1495-1501

  Ishii, Seishiro ^a  

^a Eco Techno Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rain attenuation; Raindrop size distribution; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

MILIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION RATE; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAINDROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATTENUATION;

EID: 9144240487     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJIM.0000047441.92970.e8     Document Type: Article

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