DocumentCode
1029882
Title
Inference of raindrop size distribution from attenuation and rain rate measurements
Author
Manabe, Takehi ; Ihara, Toshio ; Furuhama, Yoji
Author_Institution
Radio Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Volume
32
Issue
5
fYear
1984
fDate
5/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
474
Lastpage
478
Abstract
A method to infer the raindrop size distribution from the measurements of point rain rate and rain attenuation at a frequency in centimeter or millimeter wave bands is proposed. This method is applied to the results of field propagation experiments at 81.8, 34.5, and 11.5 GHz through natural rain. It is shown that, if an appropriate frequency is employed, this method is effective as a frequency-scaling method for short terrestrial propagation paths.
Keywords
Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Millimeter-wave radio propagation meteorological factors; Attenuation measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave propagation; Millimeter wave technology; Rain; Size measurement; Statistical distributions;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1984.1143361
Filename
1143361
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