Rain cell size statistics as a function of rain rate for attenuation modeling
Abstract
Rain cell size statistics as a function of rain rate have been deduced by employing a radar data base of rain reflectivity data acquired over a three-year period at Wallops Island, VA. These cell statistics have important applications in slant path rain attenuation modeling and remote sensing of the earth's surface from space at frequencies above 10 GHz.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1983.1143133
- Bibcode:
- 1983ITAP...31..799G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Drop Size;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Radar Attenuation;
- Statistical Distributions;
- Curve Fitting;
- Data Bases;
- Microwave Attenuation;
- Regression Analysis;
- Remote Sensing;
- Wallops Island;
- Communications and Radar