Separation of rain and ice contributions for depolarization at Ka band

Author

Rocha, A. ; Jorge, Filipe

Author_Institution

DETI, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

60

Abstract

The paper addresses the separation of ice and rain contributions for crosspolar discrimination in Earth Satellite slant path Satellite-Earth propagation channel using single polarized crosspolar discrimination measurements. A brief introduction to the structure of the propagation medium is given first. The procedure and the associated difficulties are introduced. Simulated cases are first presented to validate the approach and expected difficulties with real data highlighted. Then the method is used in one full year of measured events at Ka-band and some preliminary statistical results are presented for one year of data.

Keywords

Earth; artificial satellites; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; ice; radiowave propagation; rain; Earth satellite slant path; Ka band; Satellite-Earth tropospheric propagation channel; depolarization; ice contribution separation; propagation medium structure; rain contribution separation; single polarized crosspolar discrimination measurements; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Attenuation; Ice; Rain; Sociology; Time series analysis; Alphasat; Ka-band propagation; XPD; ice depolarization; propagation measurements; rain depolarization; separation of rain and ice;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546214