Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The results of three years of attenuation and depolarization measurements at 11.6 GHz on a 10.7 deg elevation angle downlink from the SIRIO spacecraft are summarized. Cumulative distributions and worst-month statistics for rain rate, attenuation, and cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) are presented. Beacon attenuation and radiometric attenuation are compared, and the statistics of fade durations and of rapid XPD changes are discussed.
Keywords:
COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR
Type:
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (ISSN 0018-926X); AP-34; 58-65
Format:
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