This thesis presents the computer model FORWP that is capable of predicting attenuation and cross polarization at 10-30 GHz from dual-polarization radar data with a high degree of accuracy. FORWP uses a rigorous backscattering computer model BSCAT to infer rain drop size distribution along the slant path from radar measured reflectivity and differential reflectivity data collected along the path.
Then, two semi-empirical models are developed which predict attenuation from radar measured reflectivity and differential reflectivity. These two semi-empirical models are used to evaluate FORWP.
Finally, attenuation predictions of FORWP are compared to the two semi-empirical prediction models and measured link attenuation at 11.4 GHz for a rain event in southwest Virginia. / M.S.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101151 |
| Date | January 1986 |
| Creators | Starr, Michael Allan |
| Contributors | Electrical Engineering |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vi, 114 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 16768835 |
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