Characteristics of the spatial statistical dependence of rainfall rate over large areas

Author

Barbaliscia, Francesco ; Ravaioli, Giacomo ; Paraboni, Aldo

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

Volume

40

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The design of on-board common resources systems that are envisaged for advanced satellites operating simultaneously to a large number of widely space earth stations is discussed. Based on 50 locations and 10 yr of rain data in Italy, the design-oriented figures for the probability of joint rain attenuation outages occurring at two or more of the assisted stations are derived, and why the assumption of statistical independence cannot be made at least before about 800 km is shown. The spatial large-scale structure of the rain is also studied by means of a statistical dependence index, which allows for a general description of the meteorological mechanisms independent of the considered data

Keywords

radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; Italy; advanced satellites; joint probability; large areas; meteorological mechanisms; on-board common resources systems; radiowave propagation; rain attenuation outages; rainfall rate; satellite communication; spatial statistical dependence; Attenuation; Employment; Frequency; Large-scale systems; Meteorology; Probability; Rain; Resource management; Satellite ground stations; Statistical analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.123347

Filename

123347