DocumentCode
1503933
Title
New prediction method of cloud attenuation
Author
Salonen, E. ; Uppala, Sathyadev
Author_Institution
Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Radio Lab., Espoo, Finland
Volume
27
Issue
12
fYear
1991
fDate
6/6/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1106
Lastpage
1108
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910687
Filename
76204
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