Estimating rain attenuation at 72 and 84 GHz from raindrop size distribution measurements in Albuquerque, NM, USA

ES Hong, S Lane, D Murrell… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The raindrop size distribution (DSD) is essential information for understanding rain
attenuation effects at millimeter wavelengths. The DSD was measured in Albuquerque, NM …

Terrestrial link rain attenuation measurements at 84 GHz

E Hong, S Lane, D Murrell, N Tarasenko… - 2017 United States …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present 560 m terrestrial link rain attenuation measurements at 84 GHz in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Both empirical and theoretical rain attenuation models such as ITU-R, Mie and …

Mitigation of reflector dish wet antenna effect at 72 and 84 GHz

ES Hong, S Lane, D Murrell… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter waves in W-and V-band are allocated for high-bandwidth satellite
communications in order to achieve higher data transfer rates. However, atmospheric …

Statistical analysis of instantaneous frequency scaling factor as derived from optical disdrometer measurements at K/Q bands

M Zemba, J Nessel, J Houts, L Luini… - 2016 10th European …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rain rate data and statistics of a location are often used in conjunction with models to
predict rain attenuation. However, the true attenuation is a function not only of rain rate, but …

Vortex Radiometry: Fundamental Concepts

PJ Schemmel - 2019 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Vortex radiometers (VRs) enable communication systems to maximize data throughput by
determining when to employ fade mitigation most efficiently. With this information …

Modeling the Effects of Gaseous Absorption and Cloud Attenuation for V-band using Deep Learning

RL Gesner, A Gupta, J Argyres… - … on Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A deep neural network is proposed to study the attenuating effects of the Earth's atmosphere
on the W/V-bands of the millimeter wavelength portion of the spectrum. Validation of …

Depolarization of a V-band (72 GHz) Circularly Polarized Beacon Signal Due to Tropospheric Weather Events

JD Keeley, S Lane, D Murrell, E Hong… - … on Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present depolarization effects of various hydrometeors at the V-band (72 GHz) in
Albuquerque, New Mexico during the 2018-2019 time period. The correlation between rain …

Vortex Radiometry: Enabling Frequency Agile Communications

PJ Schemmel - 2019 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Exponential proliferation of UAVs and CubeSats puts NASA's high priority communication
systems at risk. UAVs and CubeSats are easy to acquire, modify and build, making it …

Design of a Combined Beacon Receiver and Digital Radiometer for 40 GHz Propagation Measurements at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex

MJ Zemba, JA Nessel, DD Morabito - International Union of Radio …, 2017 - ntrs.nasa.gov
NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have jointly
developed an atmospheric propagation terminal to measure and characterize propagation …

Validation of Gaseous Absorption & Cloud Attenuation Models Utilizing a 72 GHz Terrestrial Link

RL Gesner - 2019 - digitalrepository.unm.edu
Interest in the W & V-bands of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum has become steadily more
desirable for system designers due to the ever increasing need for greater communication …