Title :
Rainfall crosspolarisation of linearly and circularly polarised waves at microwave frequencies
Author :
Watson, P.A. ; Arbabi, M.
Author_Institution :
University of Bradford, Postgraduate School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bradford, UK
Abstract :
The isolation between right- and left-hand circularly polarised plane waves is evaluated and compared with that between orthogonal linear plane waves for propagation through rain with nonspherical drops. It is seen that the linear orthogonal mode of propagation will give superior isolation when a distribution of raindrop canting angles is considered.
Keywords :
atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; microwave links; polarisation; radiowave propagation; rain; circularly polarised plane waves; microwave communication; microwave links; rainfall polarisation effects;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720208
