A New Prediction Model of Rain Attenuation That Separately Accounts for Stratiform and Convective Rain
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- 4 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 57 (1) , 196-204
Abstract
An improved version of the exponential cell (EXCELL) rain attenuation model is presented here. Analogously to the original one, it predicts attenuation through a cellular representation of precipitation, but, in addition, is able to discriminate between stratiform and convective rain by means of an embedded algorithm. Accordingly, two separate physical rain heights, derived from the ERA-15 database, are used to calculate stratiform and convective rain attenuation and, when considering stratiform precipitation, the melting layer contribution to attenuation is added. Eventually, the predicted cumulative distribution function (CDF) of excess attenuation is the combination of the contributions due to stratiform and convective precipitation types. Some input parameters of the prediction model, such as those defining the melting layer process or the rain plateau embedding rain cells, can be modified in order to account for the local meteorological characteristics.Keywords
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