Title :
Computation of rain attenuation using forward scattering in the south african coast
Author :
Mulangu, Chrispin T. ; Afullo, Thomas J O
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Univ. of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the microscopic behavior of raindrops at 19.5 GHz, based on the Mie scattering approach. The results show that there is more attenuation at raindrop diameters less than 1.5 mm due to absorption by rain at millimetric frequencies in Durban, while above this, there is greater attenuation due to scattering.
Keywords :
Mie scattering; microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Durban; Mie scattering; South African coast; drop size distribution; frequency 19.5 GHz; millimetric frequency; rain attenuation; raindrop diameters; raindrops microscopic behavior; Attenuation measurement; Educational institutions; Frequency; Microscopy; Mie scattering; Particle scattering; Polarization; Radio link; Rain; Rayleigh scattering; Drop-Size-Distribution (DSD); Rain Attenuation; Raindrop; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 2009. AFRICON '09.
Conference_Location :
Nairobi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3918-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3919-5
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2009.5308131
