Citation
Abstract
The Weather Project forms part of an overall Radio Systems Development Project which seeks to optimize the spacecraft-to-ground communications link, The objective of the Weather Project is the statistical prediction of the performance of the DSN at X-band, and in the future at K-band. Previous articles have discussed the general approach of the Weather Project, the measurements, calibrations, equipment, methods and the analysis of the calendar year (CY) 1971 X-band data. This article reports on the analysis of the S-band data for CY 1971. These results are presented in tabular form. Cumulative frequency distribution of percentages of excess system temperature is tabulated as a function of time (whole year and quarterly periods) and of antenna elevation angle (four elevation ranges and for all elevation angles); averages, standard deviations, and confidence limits are also tabulated.
Details
- Volume
- XV
- Published
- June 15, 1973
- Pages
- 88–91
- File Size
- 363.2 KB