Title :
Modeling of effective rainfall rate based on attenuation measurements in converging terrestrial links
Author :
Mello, L. A R da Silva ; Pontes, M.S. ; de Souza, R.S.L. ; De Miranda, E. Couto
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommunication Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São, Vicente 225, Ala Kennedy, 22453-900, Brazil
Abstract :
In this paper, the statistical characterization of the effective rainfall rate parameter is investigated based on the cumulative distribution of measured signal attenuation in converging links with different path lengths, spatial orientations and operation frequencies. Results indicate that the lognormal distribution provides the best fit for the effective rainfall rate. Also, an empirical expression for the effective rainfall rate as a function of path length and link orientation was obtained.
Keywords :
Attenuation measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Length measurement; Multidimensional systems; Predictive models; Rain; Random variables; Statistics; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-92-9092-937-6
DOI :
10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584745
