• DocumentCode
    2192291
  • Title

    Cloud attenuation on satellite links in the Ka/V-band and the effect of changes in the effective cloud temperature

  • Author

    Alawadi, T. ; Savvaris, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Cranfield Univ., Cranfield, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    26-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1477
  • Lastpage
    1481
  • Abstract
    The concept of effective temperature and its implementation for frequency range of 20-50 GHz is investigated to assess the improvements in estimating cloud attenuation. The cloud model is verified using measurements of local and external sites. And a comparison with the latest ITU-R 840.4 is performed along with a method to convert normalized Liquid water maps of ITU-R back into regular ones.
  • Keywords
    satellite links; ITU-R 840.4; Ka/V-band; cloud attenuation; cloud temperature; frequency 20 GHz to 50 GHz; satellite links; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation; Clouds; Frequency conversion; Liquids; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0918-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0919-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206497
  • Filename
    6206497