Amplitude scintillation cycles in a SIRIO satellite-earth link
Abstract
Measurement results from a SIRIO low elevation downlink are presented which outline the possibility of a diurnal cycle underlying fluctuations in the amplitude scintillations of microwave signals received from a satellite during summer. The hourly temperatures of the scintillation index were compared to the ground temperature measured at a site close to the vertical projection of the signal path. The fluctuation cycle and ground temperature appear to exhibit a similar cyclical behavior.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1985
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1985ElL....21.1094M
- Keywords:
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- Downlinking;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Scintillation;
- Sirio Satellite;
- Surface Temperature;
- Amplitudes;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Diurnal Variations;
- Remote Sensing;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking