Title :
Effective rain height statistics for slant path attenuation prediction in Singapore
Author :
Ong, J.T. ; Timothy, K.I. ; Choo, E.B.L. ; Carron, W.L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
fDate :
3/30/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The statistical features of effective rain height have been studied based on an analysis of radiosonde data and S-band Doppler radar and Ku-band radiometric measurements. The results from radar and radiosonde measurements are compared with the ITU-R recommendations. A discussion of the exceedence probability statistics of rain height is also presented based on a radiometric data analysis
Keywords :
UHF radio propagation; microwave propagation; probability; rain; satellite communication; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Earth-satellite path; ITU-R recommendations; Ku-band radiometric measurements; S-band Doppler radar measurements; Singapore; effective rain height statistics; exceedence probability statistics; radiometric data analysis; radiosonde data; slant path attenuation prediction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000511
