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PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN

ATTENUATION

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

Step 1: Freezing height during rain, HR (km) is

calculated from the absolute values of station's latitude
and longitude, both in degrees, as follows:
HR = 0,36 + h0

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

FIGURE 1
Yearly average 0 C isotherm height above mean sea level (km)

Rec. ITU-R P.839-3

1
80

11

1 1

11
1

3
1

1
1

1
1

60

3
3

3 3

40

3
4.5

Latitude (degrees)

20

4.5

4.5

1
1

3
4.5

3
3 1 3 3
3
4.5

31

4.5

4.5
4.5

4.5
4.5

4.5
3
3

4.5

20

3
3
1

4.5
4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5
1

4.5

4.5

4.5

3
3

40

1
60

1
3

1
1

80

1
150

3
100

50

0
Longitude (degrees)

50

100

3
150
0839-01

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION

Step 2: for > 5o The slant-path length, LS (km), below the rain
height is calculated as:
LS = HR - HS
sin
where HS is the station altitude, above the sea-level, in km and
(degrees) is the elevation angle.

PREDICTION METHODS FOR RAIN ATTENUATION