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Rain Attenuation at Millimeter Wavelength of 1.33 mm

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Specific rain attenuation values calculated by using the four empirical raindrop-size distributions, that is, the Marshall and Palmer, the Joss, Thams and Walgvogel, the Ihara, Furuhama and Manabe, and the Weibull raindrop-size distributions. The millimeter wave measurement at 225 GHz (1.33mm) was compared with our calculations. It has been shown that the Weibull distribution has the best agreement with the measurements.

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Ishii, S. Rain Attenuation at Millimeter Wavelength of 1.33 mm. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 25, 1495–1501 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJIM.0000047441.92970.e8

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