• DocumentCode
    1020428
  • Title

    Tropospheric microwave propagation--An X band diagnostic system

  • Author

    Webster, Alan R. ; Ueno, Takeo

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    9/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    693
  • Lastpage
    699
  • Abstract
    A microwave system for direct measurement of angles of arrival and multipath delay times is described. Based on the utilization of interferometer and very wide frequency sweeping (1- GHz range) techniques, high accuracy measurements on these parameters are possible. Some experimental results are presented which suggest that movements in the angle of arrival of a single ray path (as opposed to multipath) may be responsible for much of the fading experienced on light-of-sight microwave links in southwestern Ontario.
  • Keywords
    Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Atmospheric measurements; Delay effects; Delay estimation; Digital systems; Fading; Frequency estimation; Goniometers; Microwave propagation; Time measurement; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1980.1142403
  • Filename
    1142403