DocumentCode :
1760071
Title :
Tipping bucket data processing for propagation application
Author :
D´Amico, M. ; Jong, Siat Ling ; Riva, C.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Volume :
49
Issue :
8
fYear :
2013
fDate :
April 11 2013
Firstpage :
569
Lastpage :
571
Abstract :
Rain attenuation prediction models at millimetre wavelengths require rain rate averaged over one minute. Currently available tipping bucket rain gauges often only provide the number of tips per minute (or a directly related quantity). In this reported work, the performance of a new algorithm devised to estimate rain rate from data gathered with such rain gauges, when used for propagation application, is investigated. To this purpose, an extensive database collected over a period of ten years is exploited. It is concluded that, even though the proposed algorithm performs well, the number of tips per minute may not be the best parameter to derive rain rate for propagation applications.
Keywords :
data communication; rain; propagation application; rain attenuation prediction models; rain rate; tipping bucket data processing; tipping bucket rain gauges;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0013-5194
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.0358
Filename :
6527565
Link To Document :
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