Title :
Frequency dependence of scintillation at K and Ka-band
Author :
Mayer, Charles E. ; Kim, Dae Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alaska Univ., Fairbanks, AK, USA
fDate :
Oct. 28 2003-Nov. 1 2003
Abstract :
This paper addresses the frequency dependence of tropospheric scintillation by comparing the scintillation of both frequencies at the seven sites. Theoretically, tropospheric scintillation increases as the frequency increases with respect to a power function, f. The goal of this paper is to determine values for a, and study site, climate and elevation angle, dependence of a, with respect to rain and clear-sky conditions.
Keywords :
microwave propagation; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; K-band; Ka-band; frequency dependence; power function; tropospheric scintillation; Artificial satellites; Clouds; Communications technology; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Frequency dependence; Predictive models; Rain; Temperature; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 6th International SYmposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7831-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2003.1276740