Title :
Modified lin´s empirical formula for calculating rain attenuation on a terrestrial path
Author :
Garcia-Lopez, J.A. ; Casares-Giner, V.
Author_Institution :
ETSI Telecomunicación, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The empirical Lin´s method for calculating rain attenuation on microwave paths is applicable to 5 min point rain rate distributions. A modified Lin´s formula for 1 min point rain rate distributions is presented and results for various European locations, path lengths and frequencies are shown.
Keywords :
radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; empirical Lin´s method; microwave paths; path lengths; rain attenuation; terrestrial path;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810026
