Title :
Yearly variation of rain-rate statistics by a rain-gauge network and modelled slant path rain attenuation distributions at 11 GHz in Singapore
Author :
Zhu, Chun Ning ; Ong, Jin Teong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Abstract :
Rain data measured by a rain gauge network for several years in Singapore is analysed. Significant yearly variations of rain rate statistics have been observed. This leads to rather large year-to-year variability in prediction of rain attenuation distributions
Keywords :
fading; microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 11 GHz; Singapore; rain-gauge network; rain-rate statistics; slant path rain attenuation distributions; tropical area; yearly variation; Attenuation measurement; Europe; Measurement standards; Predictive models; Rain; Satellite communication; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Telecommunications; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 1997. ICICS., Proceedings of 1997 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3676-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.1997.652289
