• DocumentCode
    1033531
  • Title

    Results of a three-year 11.6 GHz low-angle propagation experiment using the SIRIO satellite

  • Author

    Bostian, Charles W. ; Pratt, Timothy ; Stutzman, Warren L.

  • Author_Institution
    Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    1/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    The results of three years of attenuation and depolarization measurements at 11.6 GHz on a 10.7\\deg elevation angle downlink from the SHRIO spacecraft are summarized. Cumulative distributions and worst-month statistics for rain rate, attenuation, and cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) are presented. Beacon attenuation and radiometric attenuation are compared, and the statistics of fade durations and of rapid XPD changes are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation measurement; Microwave radio propagation; Polarimetry; Satellite applications; Antenna measurements; Attenuation measurement; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Polarization; Pollution measurement; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Space vehicles; Statistical distributions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1986.1143717
  • Filename
    1143717
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1033531