DocumentCode
1160299
Title
Peak factor of rain attenuation time series in slant paths
Author
Matricciani, Emilio ; Riva, Carlo
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Volume
53
Issue
9
fYear
2005
Firstpage
3073
Lastpage
3074
Abstract
We report experimental statistics on the peak factor of rain attenuation time series at 18.7 GHz, in a 37.7° slant path to satellite Italsat, near Milan (Northern Italy). The peak factor is substantially independent of the month of the year, and significantly dependent on the maximum attenuation of the rain event. An empirical best-fit formula summarizes the results. The results can be useful to test mathematical synthesizers of rain attenuation time series.
Keywords
electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave propagation; satellite links; time series; 18.7 GHz; Italsat; Milan; Northern Italy; rain attenuation; satellite communication; time series; Attenuation; Databases; Filters; Probability distribution; Rain fading; Satellite broadcasting; Signal synthesis; Statistics; Synthesizers; Testing; Italsat; mathematical synthesizers; satellite communication;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.2005.854535
Filename
1504965
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