Cloud detection and attenuation modelling in tropical region

• Main Author: Yuan, Feng
• Other Authors: Lee Yee Hui
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Satellite telecommunication
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74836
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cloud plays a significant role in both the ground-to-space radio communication system and climate system of Earth. In a tropical country like Singapore, more than 80% of observed clouds are thick cumulus/cumulonimbus clouds that are heavy with high liquid water content, and consequently accounts for...