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Rain Attenuation at 103 GHz in Millimeter Wave Ranges

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We have conducted a millimeter wave propagation experiment at 103 GHz (2.9 mm) on a propagation path of 390 m. The results were compared with the rain attenuation calculations from the Marshall-Palmer, Best, Joss-Thomas-Waldvogel and Weibull distributions for raindrop-size. It has been shown that the Weibull distribution has a good agreement with the experiments.

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Utsunomiya, T., Sekine, M. Rain Attenuation at 103 GHz in Millimeter Wave Ranges. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 26, 1651–1660 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-0038-4

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