Title :
Year-to-Year Variability of Rainfall for Microwave Applications in the U.S.A.
Author :
Dutton, E.J. ; Dougherty, H.T.
Author_Institution :
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, U.S. Dept of Commerce, Boulder, CO
fDate :
5/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Further extensions of the Rice-Holmberg rainfall prediction model are reported. These extensions describe the variation of rainfall with location in the U.S.A., as well as the standard deviation of their year-to-year variation. Application to the prediction of microwave signal attenuation by rainfall, and the comparison with observed data are illustrated.
Keywords :
Meteorology; Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Attenuation; Communication industry; Crosstalk; Demodulation; Frequency shift keying; Interference; Modulation; Predictive models; Pulse shaping methods; Rain;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1979.1094464
