Characteristics of rain induced attenuation and phase shift at cm and mm waves using a tropical raindrop size distribution model

The tropical raindrop size distribution model developed by Ajayi and Olsen has been employed to study some characteristics of rain induced attenuation and phase shift for a tropical location for spherical, oblate spheroidal and Pruppacher-Pitter drop shapes. Parameters such as the a and b values for the power law relation between the specific attenuation and rainfall rate as well as differential attenuation and phase shift and their normalized values, were computed. A single power law between the specific phase shift and the rain rate was found to be adequate for vertical polarization, whilst a two-segment power law fitting is required for horizontal polarization between 1GHz and about 100GHz. The results were compared in many cases with those obtained with the Laws and Parsons drop size distribution, currently adopted by the CCIR for scattering applications.

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