DocumentCode
1917771
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
fYear
2013
fDate
4-7 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Rio de Janeiro
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646598
Filename
6646598
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