DocumentCode
1255664
Title
Rain attenuation measurements at 15 and 18 GHz
Author
da Silva Mello, L.A.R. ; Costa, E. ; de Souza, R.S.L.
Author_Institution
Centre for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Volume
38
Issue
4
fYear
2002
fDate
2/14/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
197
Lastpage
198
Abstract
A two-year campaign of point rainfall rate and rain attenuation measurements was performed in six terrestrial line-of-sight links operating at 15 and 18 GHz in southeastern Brazil. Results indicate that the attenuation due to rain in terrestrial links in tropical regions is underestimated by existing prediction methods based on experimental data from temperate climates
Keywords
electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 15 GHz; 18 GHz; microwave links; point rainfall rate; rain attenuation measurements; southeastern Brazil; terrestrial line-of-sight links; tropical regions;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020105
Filename
986865
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