Preliminary analysis of dust effects on microwave propagation measured in Sudan

Elfatih, Elsheikh and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Chebil, Jalel and Bashir, Saad Osman and Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil (2013) Preliminary analysis of dust effects on microwave propagation measured in Sudan. In: 5th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'13), 2nd– 4th July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Dust storms are meteorological phenomena which occur for a percentage of time in arid and semi arid areas especially at African Sahara and Middle East. Measurements at existing microwave links have showed dust storms can potentially result in serious attenuation in signal level especially at Ku band and higher frequencies with direct impact on telecommunications system performance. Only a limited amount of research has been carried out and the available data was very scarce. Few prediction models have been developed to estimate microwave signal attenuation during the dust storm based on scattering theory and approximation of dust properties. However, real dust storm is a complex phenomenon which is difficult to be described by theoretical physical or mathematical models [5-6]. In this paper, an evaluation of the existing attenuation prediction models has been done based on the measured dust storm properties and measured attenuation in Sudan.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	3802/35287
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dust storms, microwave
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:	11 Feb 2014 14:19
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2014 14:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/35287

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