Exploiting High-Frequency Bands by Radio METeorological Modeling and Sun-tracking Microwave Radiometry for Satellite Communications and Site Diversity Optimization
Abstract
The EOARD HiMetCom project aimed at the prediction of the ground to satellite path attenuation at Ka, Q, V and W bands at regional scale and for a time horizon within a day with hourly sampling. To achieve the aforementioned goal, HiMetCom foresees the use of Radiative Transfer Models (RTMs) able to translate input atmospheric scenarios into expected atmospheric self emitted radiation and energy losses (absorption and scattering) along specific paths of interest. The use of meteorological model, directly coupled with RTMs, allows forecasting the radio propagation parameters consistently with the forecasted atmosphere. This would open the opportunity for real time prediction of the radio propagation parameters for a specific target area thus suggesting a temporal updating of the predicted statistic of path attenuation. Thanks to the new installations at the Rome, NY supersite, the HiMetCom modeling suite can be in the future further validated by properly exploiting available in situ and remote sensing data, such as micro rain radar and millimeter wave cloud radar.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1137263
Entities
People
- Frank S. Marzano