Investigation of the unified rain attenuation prediction method with data from tropical climates

• Main Authors: Abdulrahman, A. Y., Rahman, T. A., Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Olufeagba, B. J., Abdulrahman, T. A., Akanni, J., Amuda, S. A. Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IEEE Journals 2014
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/39090/1/IEEE_AWPL_06832429.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/39090/4/39090_Investigation%20of%20the%20unified%20rain.SCOPUSpdf.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/39090/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=Investigation+of+the+unified+rain+attenuation+prediction+method+with+data+from+tropical+climates
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The semi-empirical method recently proposed by Silva Mello and Pontes (SMP) for the prediction of rain attenuation in slant paths is investigated in this letter. The SMP method uses the simplified model of equivalent rain cell and the concept of an effective rain rate. However, substantial deviatio...