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Seasonal variations of attenuation statistics in millimetre-wave Earth-satellite link due to bright-band height

Seasonal variations of attenuation statistics in millimetre-wave Earth-satellite link due to bright-band height

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The effect of rain-cell top heights (which can be roughly estimated from the ground temperature) on the attenuation of a millimetre wave is presented using a newly defined concept, the ‘mean effective path length’, with relation to the ground rain rate. This suggests the possibility of estimating attenuation statistics in each season.

Inspec keywords: satellite links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; rain

Other keywords: rain rate; seasonal variation; bright band height; slant range; satellite links; path length; ETS II radiowave propagation experiment; attenuation statistics

Subjects: Radiowave propagation; Satellite communication systems; Electromagnetic wave propagation and interactions in the lower atmosphere

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