Initial analysis of k-factor in the Gulf region

Description

No / This paper investigates the seasonal variations of effective earth radius factor, k, in the Arabian Gulf region where non-standard propagation phenomena are commonly experienced. The k-factor is derived from the vertical profile of refractivity in the area under study. The vertical refractivity gradient, δN, in the first kilometre of the atmosphere above the ground surface is analysed using long term meteorological data. Long-term radiosonde data gathered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are used to calculate the variations of refractivity gradient and k-factor parameter.

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1. AbouAlmal A, Usman M, Abd-Alhameed RA et al (2013) Initial analysis of k-factor in the Gulf region. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2013. 10-13 Sep 2013. Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales, UK: 415-420.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/9591

Tags

Effective earth radius factor

k-factor

Arabian Gulf region

Seasonal variations

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/9591
Date	January 2013
Creators	AbouAlmal, A., Usman, Muhammad, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Al-Ahmad, Hussain, Jones, Steven M.R., Excell, Peter S.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Detected Language	English
Type	Conference paper, No full-text in the repository