• DocumentCode
    1550323
  • Title

    Rain rate statistical conversion for the prediction of rain attenuation in Malaysia

  • Author

    Chebil, J. ; Rahman, T.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Technol. Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    6/10/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1019
  • Lastpage
    1021
  • Abstract
    The transformation of hourly rain rate data into equivalent one-minute statistics is very useful for microwave systems designers since the hourly rainfall data are more abundant and can be obtained at many locations. An empirical model is proposed for approximating the rain rate conversion factor from 1 h to 1 min integration time in Malaysia
  • Keywords
    microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Malaysia; empirical model; integration time; microwave system design; radiowave propagation; rain attenuation; rain rate; statistical conversion factor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990685
  • Filename
    788082