Title :
Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall rate for the prediction of slant path fade duration statistics
Author :
Panagopoulos, A.D. ; Kanellopoulos, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
A novel engineering method for assessing the dynamic characteristics of rain attenuation on microwave paths using frequencies above 10 GHz is presented. In this analysis a model for spatio-temporal structure of the rainfall rate is introduced. Employing the above model, one can convert the rain-rate duration statistics to slant path fade duration statistics in satellite links. The proposed propagation model is applied on existing experimental results, taken from the literature.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave absorption; microwave propagation; rain; satellite links; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 10 GHz; SHF; dynamic characteristics; engineering method; microwave paths; point rainfall rate; propagation model; rain attenuation; rain-rate duration statistics; satellite links; slant path fade duration statistics; spatio-temporal analysis; spatio-temporal structure; Attenuation; Electromagnetics; Frequency; Microwave theory and techniques; Predictive models; Rain; Smoothing methods; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7070-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2001.960041
