Title :
Extrapolation of point rain-rate distributions
Author :
Chu, Ta-Shun ; Schecker, J.A.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
Numerical results of extrapolating the point rain-rate distribution to lower and higher rain rates using a log-normal approximation have shown insensitivity to the total probability P0 which depends on the ambiguous definition of when it is raining. The proposed extrapolation technique will be useful in microwave communication system engineering.
Keywords :
extrapolation; microwave links; radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; extrapolation technique; higher rain rates; log-normal approximation; lower rain rates; microwave communication system engineering; point rain-rate distributions; radiowave propagation; rain fading statistics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850531
