TY - GEN
T1 - Time matching of attenuation-precipitation events on a slant path link
AU - Afolayan, Babajide O.
AU - Afullo, Thomas J.
AU - Akintunde, Alonge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/3
Y1 - 2016/11/3
N2 - The co-location of a Disdrometer and a Spectrum Analyzer-monitored satellite TV Receive-Only (TVRO) link over a period spanning almost two rain seasons in a subtropical location (Durban, 29°52′S, 30°55′E) offers a unique look into a number of parameters of satellite TV reception for the location and other subtropical locations. Actual reception over the link in clear air as well as during precipitation is captured over several months and the patterns of individual rain-attenuation events are characterized. Of particular interest is the observed time lapse between the drop in the received signal and the observation of actual precipitation at the receiving antenna. It indicates clearly that the observed impairments in satellite TV reception, which sometimes result in total outage of reception, is not always due to the actual rainfall at the receive antenna but possibly also due to rainfall somewhere else along the propagation path.
AB - The co-location of a Disdrometer and a Spectrum Analyzer-monitored satellite TV Receive-Only (TVRO) link over a period spanning almost two rain seasons in a subtropical location (Durban, 29°52′S, 30°55′E) offers a unique look into a number of parameters of satellite TV reception for the location and other subtropical locations. Actual reception over the link in clear air as well as during precipitation is captured over several months and the patterns of individual rain-attenuation events are characterized. Of particular interest is the observed time lapse between the drop in the received signal and the observation of actual precipitation at the receiving antenna. It indicates clearly that the observed impairments in satellite TV reception, which sometimes result in total outage of reception, is not always due to the actual rainfall at the receive antenna but possibly also due to rainfall somewhere else along the propagation path.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006802510&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PIERS.2016.7735810
DO - 10.1109/PIERS.2016.7735810
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006802510
T3 - 2016 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2016 - Proceedings
SP - 4967
EP - 4970
BT - 2016 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2016 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2016
Y2 - 8 August 2016 through 11 August 2016
ER -