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Calculation and analysis of cloud attenuation and other cloud parameters in India for earth-space links
Pugazhenthi A,L. S. Kumar +1 more
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In this article, the authors examined the cloud parameters over few stations in India for one year from October 2016 to September 2017 and found that cloud base height from WVP-NTU model matches well with METAR data.About:
This article is published in Advances in Space Research.The article was published on 2021-08-02. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cloud height & Cloud top.read more
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Improved retrieval of cloud base heights from ceilometer using a nonstandard instrument method
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive field experiment in northern China in which a variety of advanced cloud probing instruments were operated, different methods of detecting cloud-base height (CBH) are assessed.
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New prediction method of cloud attenuation
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TL;DR: In this article, a new method for cloud attenuation calculation on an earth-satellite link is presented, which uses temperature and humidity profiles as input parameters, and has been applied to radiosonde measurements and to the gridded data of the numerical analyses of ECMWF.
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Attenuation in Nonrainy Conditions at Millimeter Wavelengths: Assessment of a Procedure
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Cloud Attenuation Statistics Prediction From Ka -Band to Optical Frequencies: Integrated Liquid Water Content Field Synthesizer
TL;DR: A unified space-time model for the prediction of induced attenuation due to clouds for frequencies above Ka-band up to optical range is presented and shows encouraging results.