Effects of rain on scintillation measured on Ku-Band Satellite Signals in tropical region

• Main Authors: Nadirah , Abdul Rahim, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, J.S, Mandeep, Hassan , Dao
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/32244/1/ISAP2012_Nagoya_Japan.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/32244/; http://www.isap2012.net
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Analysis of the tropospheric scintillation from earth to space at Ku-band has been carried out in order to obtain the required cut off frequency for the scintillation. This paper presents a comparison of scintillation amplitude and scintillation intensity between rain and non-rain event using data measured in Kuala Lumpur in December 2011. The findings denote that the signal level of scintillation during rain is higher than during non-rain event. The findings also demonstrate that as the elevation angle is higher, the path length will be smaller. Therefore, the scintillation amplitude will be small.