Title :
New prediction method of cloud attenuation
Author :
Salonen, E. ; Uppala, Sathyadev
Author_Institution :
Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Radio Lab., Espoo, Finland
fDate :
6/6/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new method for cloud attenuation calculation on an Earth-satellite link is presented. The method uses temperature and humidity profiles as input parameters. The method has been applied to radiosonde measurements and to the gridded data of the numerical analyses of ECMWF.
Keywords :
clouds; microwave links; radiowave propagation; satellite relay systems; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; ECMWF data; Earth-satellite link; cloud attenuation; gridded data; humidity profiles; input parameters; prediction method; radiosonde measurements; temperature profiles;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910687
