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Abstract
System operating noise temperature, T , data acquired during the Summer op Undergraduate Research Fellowship Satellite (SURFSAT-1) link experiment at the 34-meter research and development antenna, DSS 13, at Goldstone, California, were used to estimate the noise contribution due to the atmosphere at both Ka-band (32 GHz) and X-band (8.4 GHz). Data from 192 tracking passes conducted between November 1995 and October 1996 were acquired over a wide range of elevation angles (or air masses). The T data were recorded as the antenna tracked the spacecraft in elevation op angle (antenna "tipping" curves). These data were least-squares fitted to estimate the equivalent atmospheric noise contribution and attenuation of one mass of atmosphere (at antenna zenith or a 90-deg elevation angle) at Ka-band. The statistics and cumulative distributions of these measurements will be presented along with intercomparisons of independent estimates derived from concurrent water vapor radiometer data and a model using input surface meteorological data.
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- Volume
- 42-132
- Published
- February 15, 1998
- Pages
- 1–20
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- 568.8 KB