• DocumentCode
    968476
  • Title

    Effect of raindrop shape on crosspolarisation/attenuation relationships

  • Author

    Evans, Barry G. ; Upton, S.A.J. ; Holt, A.R.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Essex, Department of Electrical Engineering Science, Colchester, UK
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    It is found that raindrop eccentricity and water temperature have a pronounced effect on crosspolarisation XPD and attenuation CAP, respectively. This has implications on the use of XPD/CPA relationships for radio link planning.
  • Keywords
    drops; radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; crosspolarisation/attenuation relationships; radio link planning; raindrop eccentricity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810017
  • Filename
    4245477