Title :
Effective canting angle of distorted raindrops along Earth-space propagation path
Author :
Furuta, O. ; Yamada, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. Ltd., Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The effective canting angle of distorted raindrops along an earth-space propagation path has been obtained from a one-year phase amplitude measurement of two orthogonal components of satellite signals. It is shown that the distribution of canting angles is centred around the horizontal orientation, with the standard deviation of about 11°.
Keywords :
radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Earth-space propagation path; atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; distorted raindrops; effective canting angle; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810120
