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Analysis of Tropospheric Scintillation Intensity on Earth to Space in Malaysia

Mandeep Singh Jit Singh, Syed Idris Syed Hassan, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Kiyoshi Igarashi, Kenji Tanaka and Mitsuyoshi Iida

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study on tropospheric scintillation on satellite link that has been performed at University Sains Malaysia (USM) to obtain statistics of scintillation from the 12.255 GHz Superbird C satellite with an elevation angle of 40.10. The objective of this analysis was to determine whether the long-term scintillation follows the log normal or gamma distribution. It was found that the long term probability distribution follows the log-normal distribution. The short term probability distribution also follows the log-normal model for the driest and the wettest month. It has been proven that the log-normal model is also suitable for prediction at moderate angles.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 3 No. 9, 2006, 2029-2032

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2006.2029.2032

Submitted On: 30 August 2006 Published On: 30 September 2006

How to Cite: Singh, M. S. J., Hassan, S. I. S., Ain, M. F., Igarashi, K., Tanaka, K. & Iida, M. (2006). Analysis of Tropospheric Scintillation Intensity on Earth to Space in Malaysia. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 3(9), 2029-2032. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2006.2029.2032

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Keywords

  • Meteorology
  • propagation
  • satellite communication