A proposed vertical path adjustment factor for dust storm attenuation prediction

Author

Elsheikh, Elfatih A A ; Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Al-Khateeb, Khalid ; Alam, Ahm Zahirul ; Elshaikh, Zain O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

17-19 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper an adjustment factor which reflects the vertical variation of dust storm (earth satellite links) has been derived based on the analysis of the vertical dust storm behavior. The paper has been divided to four parts. First an introduction to the dust storm phenomena and its effect on microwave signal attenuation. Secondly, observations of the behavior of the vertical dust storm intensity variation. Thirdly, the vertical path adjustment factor has been estimated. Lastly, a conclusion summarized the results and recommended further work. It has been found that the predicted attenuation without the vertical path adjustment factor is much higher than with the vertical path adjustment factor. Therefore, the vertical path adjustment factor will provide optimum utilization for the transmission resources.

Keywords

microwave links; satellite links; storms; dust storm attenuation prediction; earth satellite links; microwave link; vertical dust storm behavior analysis; vertical dust storm intensity variation; vertical path adjustment factor; Attenuation; Equations; Mathematical model; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Storms; dust storm; microwave link; slant path; vertical path adjustment factor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics (ICOM), 2011 4th International Conference On

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-435-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937141

Filename

5937141