A modified interference analysis between a satellite path and an adjacent terrestrial microwave system, including rain height effects

Abstract

The main propagation effect on interference between a satellite system and an adjacent microwave terrestrial path is the differential rain attenuation. In the present paper, a modification of an existing method for the prediction of the differential rain attenuation is proposed. The modified model takes into account more realistic considerations for the rain height. The results of the predictive procedure are compared with the unique available set of experimental data taken from Yokosuka, Japan. The perturbation of the existing predictive results, due to the employment of the modified procedure, for various geographic latitudes and climatic zones, is finally examined.