Title :
Impact of rain on microwave radars
Author :
Mulangu, C.T. ; Malinga, S.J. ; Afullo, Thomas J. O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Mangosuthu Univ. of Technol., Umlazi, South Africa
Abstract :
One of the important interferences on radio links is that due to scattering by hydrometeors such as rain and snow. After two years of measurements of rainfall rate, radar reflectivity was performed at different rain rates based on the lognormal raindrop distribution model developed for Durban.
Keywords :
log normal distribution; meteors; microwave links; radar interference; rain; snow; Durban; hydrometeor; interference; lognormal raindrop distribution model; microwave radar; radar reflectivity; radio link; rain impact; rainfall rate measurements; snow; Attenuation; Ice; Radar; Rain; Reflectivity; Scattering; Snow;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0333-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2012.6328791
