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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Preliminary findings of the effect of some atmospheric parameters on Ku-band satellite link.

Visagaperuman Ramachandran and Vickal Kumar

The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science 21(1) 59 - 62
Published: 15 December 2003

Abstract

A four-month study of the attenuation measurement on satellite TV transmission down link is reported. The time percentage distributions of the attenuation show a fairly large month-to month variation. However, such variations seem to be closely related to the variation of the rain-rate distribution. Comparison of exceedance and the cumulative rainfall during these four months with those of the ten -year data indicates a similar variation this year. Measurements on a “cloudy” day without any rain indicate that the attenuation by cloud is small.

Keywords: Microwave attenuation, Satellite Communication

https://doi.org/10.1071/SP03012

© The University of the South Pacific 2003

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