Title : 
Rainfall rates distributions in Spain and suggestions about the CCIR method to calculate rain attenuation
         
        
            Author : 
Mercader, L. ; Benarroch, A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain.
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The reliability of CCIR attenuation prediction methods is discussed in this paper. The higher accuracy of the R0.01% contour maps against the climatic zones map, and the application of the complete rain rate distribution against the use of one single intensity value, R0.01%, to calculate rain attenuation, are considered.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Accuracy; Attenuation; Downlink; Prediction methods; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Sea level; Spatial resolution;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave Conference, 1993. 23rd European
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Madrid, Spain
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/EUMA.1993.336830