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Meteorological factors in earth-satellite propagation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lin, K. T. Pigon, B. Taylor, R. C. Weller, A. Levis, C. A. Leonard, R. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | Using the COMSTAR D/4 28.56 GHz beacon as a source, a differential gain experiment was performed by connecting a 5-meter paraboloidal antenna and a 0.6-meter paraboloidal antenna alternately to the same receiver. Substantial differential gain changes were observed during some, but not all, rain events. A site-diversity experiment was implemented which consists of two 28.56 GHz radiometers separated by 9 km. The look-angle corresponds to that of the D/4 beacon, and data were obtained with one radiometer during several weeks of concurrent beacon operation to verify the system calibration. A theoretical study of the effect of scattering from a nonuniform rain distribution along the path is under way to aid in interpreting the results of this experiment. An improved empirical site diversity-gain model was derived from data in the literature relating to 34 diversity experiments. Work on the experiment control and data acquisition system is continuing with a view toward future experiments. |
| File Size | 4705877 |
| Page Count | 58 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820021636 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9t19tw40 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Radiometers Wave Amplification Rain Comstar Satellites Data Acquisition Spacecraft Communication Atmospheric Attenuation Signal Transmission Parabolic Bodies Antenna Radiation Patterns Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |