• DocumentCode
    1009103
  • Title

    Prediction of slant-path rain crosspolarisation discrimination ratio and phase using dual-polarisation radar data

  • Author

    Baptista, J. P V Poiares ; McEwan, N.J.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Bradford, Postgraduate School of Information Systems Engineering, Bradford, UK
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    460
  • Lastpage
    461
  • Abstract
    Rain-induced crosspolarisation on an 11.6 GHz satellite slant path is successfully predicted, in both magnitude and phase, by using simultaneous data from a dual-linear polarisation radar. Neither mean nor stochastic canting angles are invoked in the analysis.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave polarisation; radar; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite relay systems; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 11.6 GHz; OTS linearly polarised beacon; SHF; dual-polarisation radar data; microwave path attenuation; phase prediction; radiowave propagation; rain crosspolarisation discrimination ratio; satellite slant path;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850326
  • Filename
    4251233
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1009103