Raindrop Size Distribution Model for the Prediction of Rain Attenuation in Durban

摘要：

　　The paper is focused on the modeling of raindrop size distribution in Durban,South Africa.The maximum likelihood estimator approach is employed with lognormal distribution to model the dropsize distribution for Durban.The raindrop size is classified into two regimes based on the available data.The goodness-of-fit method(Kolmogrov-Smirnov test(K-test)is then employed to optimize the selected model for different rain rate regime.The results are compared with the existing models such as the work done in West-Africa,Europe and Asia.The proposed South Africa model seems appropriate for the region to estimate rain attenuation both in terrestrial and satellite links.

作者: P.Owolawi

作者单位: Department of Electrical Engineering,Mangosuthu University of Technology Umlazi,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2011(2011年电磁学研究新进展学术研讨会)

会议地点: 苏州

会议语种:英文

页码: 1068-1075

在线出版日期: 2011-09-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）