FP3: Propagation and Scattering in Rain

Thursday, August 21  16:00-19:00,  1st Floor Hallway

Session Chair: Chandrasekar V Chandra

Poster Session

FP3.1   STUDY ON RAIN ATTENUATION PREDICTION MODEL

C. Lu1, X. Hao2, Z. Zhao2

1CEMEE, State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environment Effects on Electronics and Information S, Luoyang,Henan, China
2National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment, China Research Institute Radiowave Propagation(CETC22nd), Qingdao,Shandong, China


FP3.2   TIME DIVERSITY PREDICTION MODELING USING COPULA FUNCTIONS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OPERATING ABOVE 10GHZ

C. Kourogiorgas1, A. D. Panagopoulos1, S. N. Livieratos2, G. E. Chatzarakis2

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2Electronics and Electrical Engineering Educators, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece


FP3.3   Retrieval of Slant Water Path, Liquid Water and Rain Events Using the Cloudy Sky Ratio from K-Band Brightness Temperature Measurements

S. Sahoo1, X. Bosch-Lluis1, S. C. Reising1, J. Vivekanandan2, P. Zuidema3, S. Ellis2

1Microwave Systems Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
2Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
3Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States


FP3.4   KA-BAND RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF TROPICAL RAIN FEATURES

S. Das, A. Maitra

Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India


FP3.5   EFFECTS OF RAIN AREA MOTIONS AND GROUND WIND VELOCITIES ON RAIN ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS OF KU-BAND SATELLITE SIGNALS

Y. Maekawa, Y. Inamori, T. Harada, Y. Shibagaki

Department of Telecommunications & Computer Network, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan


FP3.6   GAUGE ADJUSTED GLOBAL SATELLITE MAPPING OF PRECIPITATION (GSMAP GAUGE)

T. Mega1, T. Ushio1, T. Kubota2, M. Kachi2, K. Aonashi3, S. Shige4

1Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
2Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
3Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
4Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan


FP3.7   CHARACTERISTICS OF OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION BY USING DOPPLER RADAR AND DISDROMETER

K. Chakravarty1, S. Kamble2, S. Das3, K. M. C. Reddy1, S. Deshpande1, S. Das1

1Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India


FP3.8   SIMULATION OF DIGITAL BEAM FORMING METHOD ON 2-D PHASED ARRAY WEATHER RADAR

T. Wu1, J. Shang1, T. Ushio1, F. Mizutani2

1Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
2Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan


FP3.9   DUAL FREQUENCY ALTIMETER JASON-2 RAIN FLAG VALIDATION AND RAIN RATE ESTIMATION

M. A. Thithonis

ISRO, SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAMME OFFICE, ISRO, India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India


FP3.10   TESTING RAINFALL RATE MODELS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION PREDICTION PURPOSES IN TROPICAL CLIMATE

E. O. Olurotimi, J. S. Ojo

Physics Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria


FP3.11   FIRST RESULTS OF CONCURRENT RAIN ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT IN THREE MILLIMETER WAVE BANDS

M. Grabner1, P. Pechac2, P. Valtr2

1Department of Frequency Engineering, Czech Metrology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2Deparment of Electromagnetic Field, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic


FP3.12   SOME ASPECTS OF RAIN EFFECTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF KU-BAND SATELLITE SIGNALS IN AKURE, NIGERIA

O. M. Durodola1, M. O. Ajewole2, J. S. Ojo2

1Physics/ Communications, UNIVERSITY OF JOS, Jos, Plataeu, Nigeria
2Physics / Communications, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE NIGERIA, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria


FP3.13   STUDY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RAINFALL INTENSITIES IN AKURE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

O. M. Durodola1, M. O. Ajewole2, A. T. Adediji2

1Physics/ Communications, UNIVERSITY OF JOS, Jos, Plataeu, Nigeria
2Physics / Communications, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE NIGERIA, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria