Dust-storm induced cross-polarization at MMW dands in Northern Nigeria

Dust-storm induced cross-polarization at MMW dands in Northern Nigeria

Sand and Dust storms have the potentiality of causing microwave degradation for substantial percentage of time which can lead to drop in the availability and quality of services rendered by communication systems. This paper investigates induced cross-polarization by dust storms at MMW bands. It intr...

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Hauptverfasser: Musa, A. A., Bashir, S. O., Islam, M. R., Khalifa, O. O.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attenuation
Cities and towns
cross-polarisation
differential attenuation
differential phase shift
dust storms
Microwave propagation
Permittivity
Probability
Rain
Storms
worst-month propagation statistics
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Zusammenfassung:Sand and Dust storms have the potentiality of causing microwave degradation for substantial percentage of time which can lead to drop in the availability and quality of services rendered by communication systems. This paper investigates induced cross-polarization by dust storms at MMW bands. It introduces a model factor to calculate phase shift and attenuation which are to be used as inputs to cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) computation. A parametric analysis of sand and dust storm in northern Nigeria was carried out and its effect on MMW band propagation.
DOI:10.1109/ICCCE.2012.6271354