Measurement of rain-induced attenuation of microwaves at 19.4 GHz

Author

Kumar, Ashok ; Hudiara, I.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Technol., Guru Nanak Dev Univ., Amritsar, India

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

86

Abstract

We present here the results of measurements of rain-induced attenuation in the vertically polarized signal propagating at 19.4 GHz over a 2.29-km line-of-sight (LOS) link during some rain events, which occurred in the monsoon season of the year 2001 at Amritsar, India. The total attenuation over the link path measured experimentally has been compared with that obtained using Marshal-Palmer (MP) drop size distribution and Medhurst´s theoretical values and International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) model. Our measured results are in excellent agreement with the MP prediction.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave propagation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 19.4 GHz; 2.29 km; Amritsar; India; Marshal-Palmer drop size distribution; line-of-sight link; microwave links; radio wave propagation; rain-induced attenuation; vertically polarized signal; Attenuation measurement; Frequency; Microwave measurements; Microwave propagation; Polarization; Radio transmitters; Rain; Sea measurements; Statistics; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2002.802552

Filename

1046960