Experimental assessment of rain anisotropy and canting angle in a horizontal path at 30 GHz

Author

Aresu, A. ; Martellucci, A. ; Paraboni, A.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

Volume

41

Issue

9

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1331

Lastpage

1335

Abstract

Rain anisotropy and canting angle data, obtained during a two-year measurement campaign on a short terrestrial radio link at 30 GHz are presented. The purpose of the campaign was to obtain the full-matrix description of a dual-polarization transfer channel at 30 GHz in the presence of rain and to model it by means of two physical parameters, anisotropy and canting angle, proposed in the literature some years ago and widely accepted in the scientific community both for terrestrial and slant paths. Event-based and statistical results are presented and studied in the light of current models of rain microphysics

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave links; microwave measurement; radiowave propagation; rain; telecommunication channels; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 30 GHz; SHF; dual-polarization transfer channel; event-based results; full-matrix description; horizontal path; measurement; radio link; rain anisotropy; rain microphysics; slant paths; statistical results; terrestrial paths; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Attenuation; Communication channels; Frequency; Polarization; Propagation constant; Radio link; Rain; Statistics; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.247763

Filename

247763