Rain rate statistics and fade distributions at 20 and 30 GHz derived from a network of rain gauges in the Mid-Atlantic coast over a five year period
Abstract
A network of ten tipping bucket rain gauges located within a grid 70 km north-south and 47 km east-west in the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States was used to analyze rain rate and modeled slant path attenuation distributions at 20 and 30 GHz. It was shown that, for realistic fade margins at 20 GHz and above, the variable integration times results are adequate to estimate slant path attenuations using models which require 1 min averages. Crane's Global Model was used to derive fade distributions at 20 and 30 GHz.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- November 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1109/8.202718
- Bibcode:
- 1992ITAP...40.1408G
- Keywords:
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- Coastal Plains;
- Communication Networks;
- Rain Gages;
- Satellite Communication;
- Signal Fading;
- Statistics;
- Atlantic Ocean;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Wallops Island;
- Communications and Radar