• DocumentCode
    1543583
  • Title

    Results of a two year radiometric measurement programme in New Zealand

  • Author

    Rodda, M.J. ; Williamson, A.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    326
  • Lastpage
    328
  • Abstract
    Annual and cumulated two year statistics of rainfall rate, sky noise temperature and attenuation are presented, derived from two years radiometric measurements at 11.6 GHz in New Zealand. Total attenuation statistics are well predicted by both the ITU-R method and the PARC model when a rain height of ~2.3 km is used. The ITU-R´s `K´ zone rainfall rate profile accurately represents the two year cumulative rain statistics
  • Keywords
    atmospherics; microwave propagation; radiometry; rain; statistics; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 11.6 GHz; ITU-R method; New Zealand; PARC model; SHF; attenuation statistics; radiometric measurement programme; rainfall rate; sky noise temperature; two year statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970209
  • Filename
    583505