Rain attenuation of millimeter waves observed simultaneously by radiometer and bistatic radar

Author

Sen, A.K. ; Mitra, A. ; Karmakar, P.K. ; Tarafdar, G. ; Moitra, A. ; Sehra, J.S. ; Das Gupta, M.K. ; Ghosh, S.N. ; Calla, C.P.N. ; Dev Gupta, A.K. ; Rana, S.S.

Author_Institution

Calcutta Univ., India

fYear

1989

fDate

4-7 Apr 1989

Firstpage

234

Abstract

Millimeter wave propagation depends mainly on the meteorological parameters like temperature, pressure, humidity and rain rate. The major difficulty in such measurements is that a sufficiently large number of sensors are needed for a reliable estimate of such effects. The results for a long path can show up only the integrated effect of attenuation but cannot reveal the finer structure of the attenuation profile originating from different points along the path. This prompted the authors to undertake a simultaneous MM wave propagation study at 94 GHz for a very short path, in the bistatic radar mode and by a zenith looking radiometer tuned at 22.235 GHz. The results obtained from January, 1987 to September 1988 are presented

Keywords

attenuation measurement; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave measurement; radar applications; radar measurement; radiometers; radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 22.235 GHz; 94 GHz; AD 1987 01 to 1988 09; EHF; MM wave propagation; SHF; attenuation profile; bistatic radar; humidity; meteorological parameters; millimeter waves; pressure; radiometer; radiowave propagation; rain rate; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 1989. ICAP 89., Sixth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.301)

Conference_Location

Coventry

Type

conf

Filename

29778