• DocumentCode
    2119458
  • Title

    Estimation of Melting-Snow Layer Attenuation and Scattering on Microwave Communication Links

  • Author

    Kharadly, M.M.Z. ; Hulays, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5-9 Sept. 1994
  • Firstpage
    734
  • Lastpage
    739
  • Abstract
    The presence of the melting-snow layer has significant effects on propagation in two respects, which should be considered in the design of microwave satellite and terrestrial communication links. Namely, these are excess attenuation and enhanced scattering. In this paper, the factors involved in the evaluation of attenuation and scattering due to melting layer presence are presented and analyzed. The results of this analysis are applied to two existing experimental links.
  • Keywords
    Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Microwave communication; Microwave propagation; Particle scattering; Permittivity; Rain; Reflectivity; Snow; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1994. 24th European
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1994.337298
  • Filename
    4138343