Title :
Seasonal variations of attenuation statistics in millimetre-wave Earth-satellite link due to bright-band height
Author :
Fujita, Masaharu ; Nakamura, Kenji ; Ihara, Toshio ; Hayashi, Risao
Author_Institution :
Radio Research Laboratories, Kashima Branch, Kashima, Japan
Abstract :
The effect of rain-cell top heights (which can be roughly estimated from the ground temperature) on the attenuation of a millimetre wave is presented using a newly defined concept, the `mean effective path length¿, with relation to the ground rain rate. This suggests the possibility of estimating attenuation statistics in each season.
Keywords :
radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; ETS II radiowave propagation experiment; attenuation statistics; bright band height; path length; rain rate; satellite links; seasonal variation; slant range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790465
