Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2011
Session Number:ThE2
Session:
Number:ThE2-2
Effects of Convective Clouds on the Ku-band Satellite Communications Link in the Tropics
Yasuyuki Maekawa, Yoshiaki Shibagaki, Toru Sato, Mamoru Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Shoichiro Fukao,
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Publication Date:2011/10/25
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Rain attenuation characteristics of the Ku-band up-link satellite signals of Superbird C are investigated at Equatorial Atmosphere Radar Observatory (EAR) in Indonesia. Similar rain attenuation statistics are obtained from the X-band radar observations. Radar observations of convective clouds are shown to be effective to estimate path loss in the tropics.