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
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