DocumentCode
1222888
Title
Rainfall Intensities and Attenuation of Centimeter Electromagnetic Waves
Author
Wexler, Raymond ; Weinstein, Joseph
Author_Institution
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories, Belmar, N.J.
Volume
36
Issue
3
fYear
1948
fDate
3/1/1948 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
353
Lastpage
355
Abstract
The frequency distribution of rain intensities at four selected United States stations are analyzed with the view of determining the extent of rain attenuation on "X"-band radar. An areal study of the attenuation produced by heavy rain is also made.
Keywords
Attenuation; Electromagnetic scattering; Equations; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar theory; Rain; Storms;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1948.233919
Filename
1697642
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