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The evaluation of the effects of rain on a satellite system design requires a detailed knowledge of the attenuation statistics for each ground terminal location at the specific frequency of interest. Direct long-term measurements of rain attenuation for all of the ground terminal locations in an operational network are not practical, therefore modeling and prediction methods must be used to make a best estimate of the expected attenuation for each location. Over the past several years extensive efforts have been undertaken to develop reliable techniques for the prediction of path rain attenuation for a given location and frequency, and the availability of satellite beacon measurements has provided a data base for the validation and refinement of the prediction models. This chapter reviews several of the more promising rain attenuation prediction techniques.
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Ippolito, L.J. (1986). Rain Attenuation Prediction Methods. In: Radiowave Propagation in Satellite Communications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7027-7_5
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