Comparison of rain rate models for equatorial climate in South East Asia

Authors

  • J. S. Mandeep Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, UKM, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia ; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Institute of Space Science (ANGKASA), UKM, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Keywords:

rain rate, rain attenuation, satellite communication, radio-wave propagation

Abstract

Statistics of 1 minute rain rate has a major impact in the design of satellite communication systems at frequencies above 10 GHz. The effect of rain causes serious degradation of radio signals at frequencies above about 10 GHz; therefore, models for the prediction of statistics of excess path attenuation needed for the design of communication propagation paths requires a statistical description of rain-rate occurrences. In this paper, the tasks are tackled by processing 3 years rain rate data for selected sites in the equatorial region. A comparison between rain rate data set with a sampling period of 1 minute and existing rain rate prediction models is presented.

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2021-04-29

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