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Based on radar RHI (Range height indicator) measurements, cloud height has been deduced during the worst months (July–August) over Kolkata. Such cloud height results have been utilized to estimate cloud temperature. The attenuation of radiowave due to cloud in various probability levels has been determined in millimeter wave and microwave frequency bands. Such results on different probability levels are useful for satellite communication and remote sensing application over the aforesaid station in tropical India.
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Sarkar, S., Ahmad, I., Das, J. et al. Cloud Height, Cloud Temperature and Cloud Attenuation in Microwave and Millimeterwave Frequency Bands over Indian Tropical East Coast. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 26, 329–340 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-3010-4
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