Title :
Influence of wind direction on rain attenuation in terrestrial line-of-sight links
Author :
da Silva Mello, L. ; Almeida, M.P.C. ; Andrade, F.J.A. ; Pontes, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
In this paper, the influence of wind direction on rain attenuation is investigated based on concurrent measurements of rainfall rate and signal attenuation in converging links with different path lengths, spatial orientations and operation frequencies. A simple but efficient method for predicting the cumulative distribution of rain attenuation in terrestrial line-of-sight links is derived.
Keywords :
radio links; rain; statistical distributions; concurrent measurements; cumulative distribution prediction; operation frequencies; path lengths; rain attenuation; rainfall rate; signal attenuation; spatial orientations; terrestrial line-of-sight links; wind direction; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Length measurement; Predictive models; Rain; Radiometeorology; Rain attenuation; Terrestrial links;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646598
