Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia

In designing or planning for a microwave link, attenuation due to rain is often a major obstacle to overcome. Sometimes, a mitigation technique such as space diversity is also considered. However, a rain event occurring in an area is not constant. Rain does not distribute evenly in a region experien...

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Main Authors: Khamis, Nor Hisham, Jafri, Din, Abd. Rahman, Tharek
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Published: IEEE 2004
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Jafri, Din
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description In designing or planning for a microwave link, attenuation due to rain is often a major obstacle to overcome. Sometimes, a mitigation technique such as space diversity is also considered. However, a rain event occurring in an area is not constant. Rain does not distribute evenly in a region experiencing precipitation. This is especially true in tropical regions as rain has been found to be more convective in nature rather than widespread. Tropical regions also suffer heavier rainfall rates as compared to temperate regions. Important information are rain cell size and rain distribution inside a cell. Results from this study confirmed that the rain cell in Malaysia is highly convective and a rain cell with a center rainfall rate of 120 mm/hr has a diameter of about 1.2-1.5 km.
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spelling utm-73012017-07-25T06:21:44Z http://eprints.utm.my/7301/ Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia Khamis, Nor Hisham Jafri, Din Abd. Rahman, Tharek TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering In designing or planning for a microwave link, attenuation due to rain is often a major obstacle to overcome. Sometimes, a mitigation technique such as space diversity is also considered. However, a rain event occurring in an area is not constant. Rain does not distribute evenly in a region experiencing precipitation. This is especially true in tropical regions as rain has been found to be more convective in nature rather than widespread. Tropical regions also suffer heavier rainfall rates as compared to temperate regions. Important information are rain cell size and rain distribution inside a cell. Results from this study confirmed that the rain cell in Malaysia is highly convective and a rain cell with a center rainfall rate of 120 mm/hr has a diameter of about 1.2-1.5 km. IEEE 2004-10-05 Book Section PeerReviewed Khamis, Nor Hisham and Jafri, Din and Abd. Rahman, Tharek (2004) Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia. In: Proceedings 2004 RF and Microwave Conference, RFM 2004. IEEE, USA, pp. 38-40. ISBN 078038671X http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1411069/ 10.1109/RFM.2004.1411069
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Khamis, Nor Hisham
Jafri, Din
Abd. Rahman, Tharek
Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title_full Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title_fullStr Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title_short Determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in Malaysia
title_sort determination of rain cell size distribution for microwave link design in malaysia
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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