Extension of a predictive model for the differential rain attenuation on adjacent Earth-space propagation paths

Author

Kanellopoulos, J.D. ; Margetis, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Apr 1994

Firstpage

406

Abstract

One of the main propagation effects on interference between adjacent Earth-space paths is considered to be the differential rain attenuation. An existing method for the prediction of the above statistical variable is properly modified by taking into account more realistic considerations for the rain height. The results of the modified method are compared with available simulation data in Montreal area. The influence of the novel assumptions for the rain height on the differential attenuation, as function of the various parameters of the problem, is also examined

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave propagation; radiofrequency interference; rain; satellite communication; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Montreal; adjacent Earth-space propagation paths; differential rain attenuation; predictive model; propagation effects; rain height; simulation data; statistical variable; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Frequency; Interference; Predictive models; Rain; Reflectivity; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1772-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1994.381072

Filename

381072