Title :
Automatic Generation of Rain-Attenuation Maps According to the Rain-Rate Provided by Instant Data of Meteorological Stations in Mexico
Author :
Velasco-Casillas, C. ; Toledo-Flores, F. ; Cuevas-Ruiz, J.L. ; Aragon-Zavala, A. ; Delgado-Penin, J.A.
Author_Institution :
ITESM-CEM, Monterrey
Abstract :
In frequencies over 10 GHz the rain is the most important factor to take in count to evaluate the attenuation level. For several kinds of applications is very useful to known this attenuation in the link every moment while the link is in operation to implement some strategy to mitigate it. According to the ITU-R, there is a procedure to calculate the rain attenuation, however this methodology gives only an average and constant attenuation value. In this work, an automatic procedure to obtain the instant attenuation level for several frequencies using the data provided by MNS (Meteorological National System) in Mexico is explained and their publication in a Web server is showed. Using these values, attenuation maps are elaborated and published in that Web server too.
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; geophysics computing; meteorological instruments; meteorology; rain; Meteorological National System; attenuation level; meteorological station; rain-attenuation map; rain-rate; Attenuation; Databases; Europe; Frequency; Meteorology; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; TV; Web server; Wind speed; Generation of Rain-Attenuation Maps; Meteorological Stations.;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Computers, 2008. CONIELECOMP 2008, 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Puebla
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3120-5
DOI :
10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2008.33