On the rain attenuation dynamics: Spatial-temporal analysis of rainfall rate and fade duration statistics

Panagopoulos, AD; Kanellopoulos, JD

dc.contributor.author	Panagopoulos, AD	en
dc.contributor.author	Kanellopoulos, JD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:22Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:22Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	1542-0973	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15451
dc.subject	Fade duration statistics	en
dc.subject	Rain attenuation dynamics	en
dc.subject	Satellite communications	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Aerospace	en
dc.subject.classification	Telecommunications	en
dc.subject.other	Attenuation	en
dc.subject.other	Climatology	en
dc.subject.other	Correlation methods	en
dc.subject.other	Geographical regions	en
dc.subject.other	Microwaves	en
dc.subject.other	Probability distributions	en
dc.subject.other	Rain	en
dc.subject.other	Statistical tests	en
dc.subject.other	Fade duration statistics	en
dc.subject.other	Rain attenuation dynamics	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite communication systems	en
dc.title	On the rain attenuation dynamics: Spatial-temporal analysis of rainfall rate and fade duration statistics	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/sat.763	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sat.763	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	Knowledge about the dynamic characteristics of rain attenuation is of utmost importance for many applications in terrestrial and satellite communication systems operating at frequencies above 10 GHz. Long-term rain rate statistics and rain rate duration statistics are usually available from meteorological data. In this paper, a spatial-temporal analysis is employed in order to evaluate the rain attenuation power spectrum of a terrestrial/ satellite path. The predicted power spectrum is compared with experimental data. Based on the spectral analysis of rainfall rate a method for converting rain rate duration statistics to link fade duration statistics is also proposed. Fade duration statistics are presented for terrestrial and satellite links and compared with available experimental data. The agreement between the predicted results and the experimental data has been found to be quite encouraging. Finally, numerical results are presented for various climatic zones, elevation angles and frequencies. Some very useful conclusions concerning the dynamic properties of rain attenuation for a microwave path are deduced. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/sat.763	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000186794000006	en
dc.identifier.volume	21	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	595	en
dc.identifier.epage	611	en