This question appears in Mumbai University > Satellite Communication and Network subject

Marks: 5 M

Year: May 2013

Rain Attenuation:

1. Water droplets scatter and absorb impinging radiation, causing attenuation.
2. Rain effects become most se at wavelength approaching the water drop size, which is dependent on the type of rainfall.
3. In heavy rains raindrop size may be a cm and serve absorption may occur at frequency as low as …