Prediction of Attenuation by Rain Export

@article{citeulike:1414049, abstract = {A new model is presented for the prediction of attenuation by rain on either terrestrial or slant earth-to-space propagation paths. The model was developed using geophysical observations of the statistics of point rain rate, of the horizontal structure of rainfall, and of the vertical temperature structure of the atmosphere. The model was tested by comparison with attenuation distribution observations. The results show excellent agreement; the observations differ from model predictions by less than the rms deviations predicted by the model.}, author = {Crane, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {1414049}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1094844}, journal = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988]}, keywords = {communications, electromagnetics, rain}, number = {9}, pages = {1717--1733}, posted-at = {2007-09-21 03:31:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Prediction of Attenuation by Rain}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1094844}, volume = {28}, year = {1980} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1414049 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1414049 N2 - A new model is presented for the prediction of attenuation by rain on either terrestrial or slant earth-to-space propagation paths. The model was developed using geophysical observations of the statistics of point rain rate, of the horizontal structure of rainfall, and of the vertical temperature structure of the atmosphere. The model was tested by comparison with attenuation distribution observations. The results show excellent agreement; the observations differ from model predictions by less than the rms deviations predicted by the model. IS - 9 JF - Communications, IEEE Transactions on [legacy, pre - 1988] EP - 1733 TI - Prediction of Attenuation by Rain VL - 28 SP - 1717 KW - communications KW - electromagnetics KW - rain AU - Crane, R PY - 1980/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1094844 ER -