Title :
Differential rain attenuation statistics on two converging terrestrial links
Author :
Panagopoulos, A.D. ; Kanellopoulos, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
In the present paper a method to predict the differential rain attenuation statistics on converging links is proposed. It is based on a model convective rain cell structure of the rainfall medium. The assumption that both the point rainfall statistics and the rain attenuation follow a lognormal form is also adopted. The results of this method are compared with a set of available experimental data for the differential rain attenuation over pairs of terrestrial links in Brazil.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave propagation; rain; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Brazil; converging links; differential rain attenuation statistics; lognormal distribution; model convective rain cell structure; point rainfall statistics; rain attenuation; rainfall medium; terrestrial links; Attenuation; Frequency; Interference; Polarization; Rain; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7330-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2002.1016749
