DocumentCode
1027683
Title
Bistatic rain-scatter experiment at 34.8 GHz
Author
Awaka, Jun ; Nakamura, Kenji ; Inomata, Hideyuki
Author_Institution
Radio Research Labs., Kashima, Japan
Volume
31
Issue
5
fYear
1983
fDate
9/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
693
Lastpage
698
Abstract
A bistatic rain-scatter experiment was conducted at 34.8 GHz. The effect of severe rain-induced attenuation on received power from rain scattering was examined with the aid of a 5.33 GHz rain radar installed at the receiving site. It was found that an isolated small rainfall region with high rainfall rate caused a strong received power from rain scattering at 34.8 GHz, though the occurrence of such an event was not frequent. Angular dependence of rain scattering at 34.8 GHz was also examined.
Keywords
Millimeter-wave radio propagation meteorological factors; Antenna theory; Attenuation; Interference; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Rain; Rayleigh scattering; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1983.1143130
Filename
1143130
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