23 March 2012 Rain attenuation measurement and prediction on parallel 860-nm free space optical and 58-GHz millimeter-wave paths
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Funded by: Czech Science Foundation, GACR, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Abstract
Attenuation of electromagnetic waves at 860 nm and 58 GHz due to scattering in rain is measured on the terrestrial paths simultaneously with rain intensity. The relationship between rain intensity and rain attenuation of light is analyzed using the Marshal-Palmer drop size distribution model and the Mie scattering theory. The pertinent power law model is derived from drop size distribution parameters. An empirical composite power law model is proposed and fitted to the dataset extracted from rain attenuation events recorded during a seven-year experiment in Prague. Observed average rain attenuation of light at intensities larger than about 5 mm/h is lower than attenuation predicted by standard models. Rain attenuation measured at 58 GHz is larger than attenuation at 860 nm for rain intensities in the range from 0.1 to 100 mm/h.
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Martin Grabner, Vaclav Kvicera, and Ondrej Fiser "Rain attenuation measurement and prediction on parallel 860-nm free space optical and 58-GHz millimeter-wave paths," Optical Engineering 51(3), 031206 (23 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.3.031206
Published: 23 March 2012
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KEYWORDS
Signal attenuation

Data modeling

Free space optics

Scattering

Free space

Atmospheric modeling

Light scattering

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