Title :
Inference of raindrop size distribution from attenuation and rain rate measurements
Author :
Manabe, Takehi ; Ihara, Toshio ; Furuhama, Yoji
Author_Institution :
Radio Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
5/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method to infer the raindrop size distribution from the measurements of point rain rate and rain attenuation at a frequency in centimeter or millimeter wave bands is proposed. This method is applied to the results of field propagation experiments at 81.8, 34.5, and 11.5 GHz through natural rain. It is shown that, if an appropriate frequency is employed, this method is effective as a frequency-scaling method for short terrestrial propagation paths.
Keywords :
Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Millimeter-wave radio propagation meteorological factors; Attenuation measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave propagation; Millimeter wave technology; Rain; Size measurement; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1984.1143361
