Review of SHF and EHF slant path propagation measurements made near slough (UK)

Author

Davies, P.G. ; Mackenzie, E.C.

Author_Institution

Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories, Slough, UK

Volume

128

Issue

1

fYear

1981

fDate

2/1/1981 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

65

Abstract

Studies of the effects of the atmosphere on radiowave propagation relevant to the planning and operation of future satellite communication systems at frequencies above 10 GHz have been carried out at Slough for over ten years. Observational data, which relate mainly to attenuation by rain and cloud, are available within the band 11 to 110 GHz. With reference to systems performance, this paper reviews the results on atmospheric attenuation derived from single-site and space diversity experiments involving fixed-pointing radiometers, sun-tracker radiometers and test transmissions from the ATS-6, OTS and SIRIO satellites. The latter have also enabled information to be obtained on depolarisation by atmospheric constituents with particular reference to frequency reuse applications.

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; attenuation measurement; clouds; radiometry; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite relay systems; EHF; SHF; Slough; atmospheric attenuation; cloud attenuation; frequency reuse; radiowave propagation; rain attenuation; satellite communication system; single site diversity; slant path propagation; space diversity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwaves, Optics and Antennas, IEE Proceedings H

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0143-7097

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-h-1:19810010

Filename

4644850