TY - GEN
T1 - Specific Rain Attenuation Dependence on Rain Storm Magnitudes and Measured Drop Sizes
AU - Ahuna, Mary N.
AU - Afullo, Thomas J.
AU - Alonge, A. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Radio Society.
PY - 2018/12/10
Y1 - 2018/12/10
N2 - The size of the falling rain drop dictates the extent in which an electromagnetic wave is scattered and absorbed. In this study, an investigation is carried out with the goal of establishing the effects and contributions of heavy rain storms on the maximum drop sizes present in the measured rainfall rate, hence the extent of an electromagnetic wave attenuation. This investigation is carried out in Durban, South Africa (29°52′S, 30°58′E). Results of the study show that at the same rainfall rate, a wireless link will be exposed to different outage levels dependent on different storm magnitudes.
AB - The size of the falling rain drop dictates the extent in which an electromagnetic wave is scattered and absorbed. In this study, an investigation is carried out with the goal of establishing the effects and contributions of heavy rain storms on the maximum drop sizes present in the measured rainfall rate, hence the extent of an electromagnetic wave attenuation. This investigation is carried out in Durban, South Africa (29°52′S, 30°58′E). Results of the study show that at the same rainfall rate, a wireless link will be exposed to different outage levels dependent on different storm magnitudes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060370027&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/RADIO.2018.8572381
DO - 10.23919/RADIO.2018.8572381
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060370027
T3 - 2018 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean, RADIO 2018
BT - 2018 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean, RADIO 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean, RADIO 2018
Y2 - 15 October 2018 through 18 October 2018
ER -