Spectral density of millimeter wave amplitude scintillations in an absorption region
Abstract
A detailed theory including the effect of water vapor fluctuations for the spectral density of the log amplitude scintillations of a radio wave propagating in an absorption medium is presented. The scintillation spectra obtained from links at 55.5 and 36.1 GHz on a common 4.1 km path are given together with the relevant meteorological data. Results show that the lower corner frequency predicted by Ott and Thompson, for the enhancement of the scintillations in an absorption region, is a good approximation.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- July 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1983.1143111
- Bibcode:
- 1983ITAP...31..672M
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Absorption;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Scintillation;
- Turbulence Effects;
- Water Vapor;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Atmospheric Turbulence;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Molecular Absorption;
- Communications and Radar