
%0 Journal Article
%A Ramachandran, Visagaperuman 
%A Kumar, Vickal 
%T Preliminary findings of the effect of some atmospheric parameters on Ku-band satellite link.
%J The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
%D 2003/12/15
%V 21
%N 1
%P 59-62
%K Microwave attenuation, Satellite Communication
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SP03012
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SP03012 
%X 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. 
