Worst-Month Rain Rate and Rain Attenuation Statistics for Satellite System Design in a Mountainous Region in Colombia

Author

Emiliani, Luis D.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Informazione, Ecole Nat. Superieure de l´´Aeronautique et de l´´Espace, Toulouse

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

478

Abstract

The worst-month concept of propagation phenomena is a tool for radio communication system design based on monthly objectives of service availability or performance. This letter presents an empirical analysis of worst-month complementary cumulative distribution functions obtained using one-minute integrated rain rate data from the Aburra Valley in the country of Colombia, and evaluates models to relate average year and worst-month probabilities for rain rate and rain attenuation on satellite paths

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; rain; satellite communication; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Aburra Valley; Colombia; complementary cumulative distribution function; empirical analysis; mountainous region; probability; propagation phenomena; radio communication system design; rain attenuation statistics; satellite system design; worst-month rain rate; Attenuation; Availability; Distribution functions; Frequency; Radio communication; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Statistical distributions; Statistics; System analysis and design; Colombia; communication system planning; propagation; radio system design; rain attenuation; satellite communications; tropical zones;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2006.885169

Filename

4011914