TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of radio link measurements from the TAPS2013 (tropical atmospheric propagation studies) distributed transmit-receive radio link network experiment
AU - Hansen, Hedley J.
AU - Kulessa, Andrew S.
AU - Attygalle, Manik
AU - Marwood, Warren
AU - Knight, G.
AU - Jones, Brian
AU - Hacker, Jorg M.
PY - 2015/10/26
Y1 - 2015/10/26
N2 - The reliable prediction of RF system performance depends on the morphology of the tropospheric environment. For instance, the performance of systems, operating at frequencies above 10 GHz, are particularly affected by hydrometeor scattering and molecular resonance processes occurring in the moist and unstable sea surface air. In addition, the turbulent transport processes occurring near the sea surface have a major influence in predicting communication and radar system performance. Evaporation ducts arise from such processes near the sea surface and therefore their characterization require humidity gradient measurements which are difficult to obtain at low heights. Successful implementations of Parabolic Equation Modelling (PEM) for predicting propagation rely on knowing the refractive index at very low heights.
AB - The reliable prediction of RF system performance depends on the morphology of the tropospheric environment. For instance, the performance of systems, operating at frequencies above 10 GHz, are particularly affected by hydrometeor scattering and molecular resonance processes occurring in the moist and unstable sea surface air. In addition, the turbulent transport processes occurring near the sea surface have a major influence in predicting communication and radar system performance. Evaporation ducts arise from such processes near the sea surface and therefore their characterization require humidity gradient measurements which are difficult to obtain at low heights. Successful implementations of Parabolic Equation Modelling (PEM) for predicting propagation rely on knowing the refractive index at very low heights.
KW - RF system performance
KW - tropospheric environment
KW - parabolic equation modelling
KW - tropical atmospheric propagation studies (TAPS2013)
KW - radio link measurements
KW - molecular resonance
KW - hydrometeor scattering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954235035&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2015.7303567
DO - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2015.7303567
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84954235035
T3 - 2015 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2015 - Proceedings
BT - 2015 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2015
Y2 - 19 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -