Analysis of airborne dust effects on terrestrial microwave propagation in arid area

A. Elsheikh, Elfatih A. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil and Elshaikh, Z. E. O. and Suliman, F.M. and Chebil, Jalel (2019) Analysis of airborne dust effects on terrestrial microwave propagation in arid area. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (BEEI), 8 (3). pp. 1014-1021. ISSN 2089-3191 E-ISSN 2302-9285

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Abstract

Sand and dust storms are environmental phenomena, during these storms optical visibility might be decreased, consequently, atmospheric attenuation is clearly noticed. Micro-wave (MW) and Milimeter-wave (mm) propagation is severely affected by dust and sand storms in considerable areas around the world. Suspended dust particles may directly cause attenuation and cross polarization to the Electromagnetic waves propagating through the storm. In this paper, a thorough investigation of dust storm characteristics based on measured optical visibility and relative humidity is presented. In addition, the dust storms effects of on Micro-wave and Millimeter-wave propagation have been studied based on data measured Received Signal levels (RSL)and dust storm characteristics synchronously. Analytical dust attenuation models predictions are matched to the measured attenuation data at 14 GHz and 21 GHz. It has been found that the measured attenuation is approximately ten times higher than the predicted attenuation for both frequencies.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3802/73500
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Attenuation, Dust storm, Microwave propagation, Visibility
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 Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohamed Hadi Habaebi
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2019 16:19
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2020 16:30
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/73500

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