Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview

Ulaganathen , Kesavan and Abdul Rahman, Tharek and Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal and Islam, Md. Rafiqul (2013) Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 55 (1). pp. 103-113. ISSN 1045-9243

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Abstract

Rain is a major source of attenuation for microwave propagation above 10 GHz. In tropical and equatorial regions, the rain intensity is high. Therefore, designing terrestrial and Earth-to-satellite microwave links is very critical and challenging. The raindrop-size distribution and the rain-rate distribution are two important parameters used for attenuation prediction. Both are proposed based on measured data and the rain-rate conversion technique. In this paper, rain attenuation was directly measured at different frequencies for terrestrial and Earth-to-satellite links, in order to investigate prediction models. The reduction factor and frequency scaling were investigated and proposed to predict total attenuation. Worst-month and annual statistics were also analyzed, based on measurements. Moreover, this paper summarizes all contributions related to rain-caused attenuation for microwave propagation in Malaysia’s tropical climate.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6738/32431
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rain attenuation; terrestrial measurement; tropical region
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2013 11:45
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2013 11:45
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/32431

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