
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ramachandran, Visagaperuman 
A1  - Kumar, Vickal 
T1  - Preliminary findings of the effect of some atmospheric parameters on Ku-band satellite link.
JF  - The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
JO  - S. Pac. J. Nat. App. Sci.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
SP  - 59
EP  - 62
KW  - Microwave attenuation, Satellite Communication
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SP03012 
N2  - 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. 
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