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

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 dis...

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Main Authors:	Ulaganathen , Kesavan, Abdul Rahman, Tharek, Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal, Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2013
Subjects:	TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
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spelling	iium-324312013-10-29T03:45:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/ Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview Ulaganathen , Kesavan Abdul Rahman, Tharek Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal Islam, Md. Rafiqul TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television 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. IEEE 2013-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/1/IEEE_AP_Magazine.pdf 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 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=06474490 10.1109/MAP.2013.6474490
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spellingShingle	TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Ulaganathen , Kesavan Abdul Rahman, Tharek Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal Islam, Md. Rafiqul Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
description	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.
format	Article
author	Ulaganathen , Kesavan Abdul Rahman, Tharek Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal Islam, Md. Rafiqul
author_facet	Ulaganathen , Kesavan Abdul Rahman, Tharek Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal Islam, Md. Rafiqul
author_sort	Ulaganathen , Kesavan
title	Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
title_short	Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
title_full	Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
title_fullStr	Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
title_full_unstemmed	Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview
title_sort	review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in malaysia: an overview
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32431/1/IEEE_AP_Magazine.pdf
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Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview

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