• DocumentCode
    868473
  • Title

    Comments on "Effect of wet antenna attenuation on propagation data statistics"

  • Author

    Crane, R.K. ; Rogers, D.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Meteorol., Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    1331
  • Lastpage
    1332
  • Abstract
    For original paper by Kharadly and Ross, see IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.49, p.1183-91 (2001). They presented two ad hoc corrections for the effects of water on the receiver antenna for Ka-band beacon attenuation measurements made at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia. While it is widely recognized that the attenuation statistics measured with the ACTS beacons require correction Crane and Rogers suggest that the corrections proposed in that paper appear to be based on unfounded assumptions. In a reply Kharadly and Ross address the comments made.
  • Keywords
    microwave antennas; microwave propagation; rain; receiving antennas; British Columbia; Ka-band beacon attenuation; University of British Columbia; Vancouver; propagation data statistics; receiver antenna; wet antenna attenuation; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation measurement; Cranes; NASA; Rain; Receiving antennas; Snow; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2002.801370
  • Filename
    1049012