• 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