Title :
Peak factor of rain attenuation time series in slant paths
Author :
Matricciani, Emilio ; Riva, Carlo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
We report experimental statistics on the peak factor of rain attenuation time series at 18.7 GHz, in a 37.7° slant path to satellite Italsat, near Milan (Northern Italy). The peak factor is substantially independent of the month of the year, and significantly dependent on the maximum attenuation of the rain event. An empirical best-fit formula summarizes the results. The results can be useful to test mathematical synthesizers of rain attenuation time series.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave propagation; satellite links; time series; 18.7 GHz; Italsat; Milan; Northern Italy; rain attenuation; satellite communication; time series; Attenuation; Databases; Filters; Probability distribution; Rain fading; Satellite broadcasting; Signal synthesis; Statistics; Synthesizers; Testing; Italsat; mathematical synthesizers; satellite communication;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2005.854535
