• DocumentCode
    1067177
  • Title

    Radiowave amplitude scintillation intensity: Olympus satellite measurements and empirical model

  • Author

    Otung, I.E. ; Mahmoud, Magdi S. ; Norbury, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Satellite Eng. Res., Surry Univ., Guildford
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    10/12/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1873
  • Lastpage
    1875
  • Abstract
    The authors summarise the results of a 1 year measurement of earth-space radiowave amplitude scintillation using the Olympus satellite 20 GHz beacon signal received at Sparsholt (51.585°N. 1.5033°W), UK at a path elevation of 28.74°. The diurnal and seasonal trends of scintillation intensity are discussed. A generalised semi-empirical model is obtained, which gives excellent fit to the observed cumulative distribution of scintillation intensity
  • Keywords
    radiowave propagation; satellite communication; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 20 GHz; Olympus satellite beacon signal; Sparsholt; diurnal trends; earth-space radiowave amplitude scintillation intensity; seasonal trends; semi-empirical model;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    475022