• DocumentCode
    1539169
  • Title

    Measured radiometric satellite link attenuation estimation error statistics at 11.2 GHz

  • Author

    Torrance, G.W. ; Allnutt, J.E.

  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1503
  • Lastpage
    1505
  • Abstract
    Based on two years of simultaneous 11.2 GHz beacon and radiometer observations in Austin, USA, it was determined that the effective medium temperature, Tm, has a normal distribution with a mean of 274 K and a standard deviation of 27 K. Applying this mean Tm, the ratio of dB beacon attenuation to radiometric attenuation was found to be lognormally distributed with a mean of 1.02 and a standard deviation of 0.138 over the 2 to 15 dB radiometer attenuation range. These results are relevant to uplink power control schemes.
  • Keywords
    attenuation measurement; error statistics; fading; probability; radiometry; radiowave propagation; satellite links; 11.2 GHz; 274 K; beacon; effective medium temperature; error statistics; fading; normal distribution; probability; radiometer attenuation; radiometric attenuation; rain; satellite link attenuation estimation; sky temperature; uplink power control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900965
  • Filename
    58119
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1539169