Forward scatter and crosspolarisation from spheroidal ice particles
Abstract
The forward-scatter complex amplitudes of spheroidal ice and water particles are evaluated at 20 and 30 GHz by using a field point-matching method. The crosspolarization resulting from a group of identical equiorientated particles is then derived. It is seen that equiorientated ice particles can cause significant crosspolarization with little attenuation, in agreement with recent measurements of crosspolarization on satellite paths.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19770099
- Bibcode:
- 1977ElL....13..140D
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Ice;
- Microwave Scattering;
- Plane Waves;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Ats 6;
- Fourier Series;
- Legendre Functions;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Particle Density (Concentration);
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Radio Communication;
- Communications and Radar