URSI workshop report - Effects of the lower atmosphere on radio propagation at frequencies above 1 GHz
Abstract
The URSI workshop which investigated the effects of the lower atmosphere on radio propagation at frequencies above 1 GHz is summarized. Topics of the workshop include scattering from hydrometeors, predicting attenuation due to rainfall on terrestrial links, clear air propagation on line-of-sight radio paths, cross polarization on terrestrial and earth-space links, and transhorizon propagation. Exact calculations of electromagnetic wave scattering by single hydrometeors are given, and recommendations are made to develop a better characterization of cross polarization in clear-air and precipitation conditions.
- Publication:
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Radio Science
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981RaSc...16..813H
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Communication Theory;
- Lower Atmosphere;
- Radio Transmission;
- Wave Propagation;
- Cross Polarization;
- Electromagnetic Scattering;
- Pulse Communication;
- Rain;
- Raindrops;
- Transhorizon Radio Propagation