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Four Year Cloud Attenuation Study in a Tropical Station

Adewusi, M. O. and Omotosho, T. V. and Akinyemi, M. L. and Akinwumi, S. A. and Ometan, Oluwafunmilayo O. (2019) Four Year Cloud Attenuation Study in a Tropical Station. In: IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, 7-12 July 2019, Atlanta, GA, USA, USA.

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Abstract

The paper present four year results of Cloud attenuation measurements carried out at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. The links operate at frequency of 12.245 GHz and the cumulative distribution function for monthly Cloud attenuation have been estimated from the 4-year measured spectrum analyser data. The result of the visually measured Cloud and Satellite Cloud cover data are presented. The monthly variability shows that the highest cloud attenuation at the station occur in August, reaching a maximum of 3.96 dB for 0.01% of time; which corresponding to an average cloud cover of 89.86% and 75.36% by ground and satellite data respectively of which Nimbostratus (Ns) is average of 29.1%. The lowest cloud attenuation at the station occur in September, with a value of 2.5 dB for 0.01% of time; corresponding to an average cloud cover of 90.3% and 77.26% by ground and satellite data respectively, of which Nimbostratus (Ns) is average of 28.9%.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics
Depositing User: Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2020 10:28
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2020 10:28
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/13141

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