DocumentCode
1394568
Title
Asymmetric signal level distribution due to tropospheric scintillation
Author
van de Kamp, M.M.J.L.
Author_Institution
Radiocommun. Group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Volume
34
Issue
11
fYear
1998
fDate
5/28/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1145
Lastpage
1146
Abstract
Short term distribution of signal fluctuations due to tropospheric scintillation (in decibels) is usually modelled as Gaussian. For long term distribution, this results in a symmetrical distribution function. However, various experiments have shown a significant asymmetry in long term distribution for strong scintillations. It is shown that the observed asymmetry follows directly from theory, if a different modelling approach is applied
Keywords
atmospheric turbulence; fluctuations; millimetre wave propagation; probability; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; EHF; MM-wave signal propagation; asymmetric signal level distribution; asymmetrical distribution function; long term distribution; modelling; signal fluctuations; strong scintillations; tropospheric scintillation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19980805
Filename
684606
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