Open AccessAnalysis of Tropospheric Scintillation Intensity on Earth to Space in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Mandeep Singh Jit Singh,
Syed Idris Syed Hassan,
Mohd Fadzil Ain,
K. Igarashi,
Kenji Tanaka,
M. Iida
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1554-3641
pISSN - 1546-9239
DOI - 10.3844/ajassp.2006.2029.2032
Subject(s) - scintillation , troposphere , intensity (physics) , earth (classical element) , environmental science , remote sensing , space (punctuation) , meteorology , geology , physics , optics , computer science , astronomy , detector , operating system
This paper presents the results of a study on tropospheric scintillation on satellite link that has been performed at University Sains Malaysia (USM) to obtain statistics of scintillation from the 12.255 GHz Superbird C satellite with an elevation angle of 40.10. The objective of this analysis was to determine whether the long-term scintillation follows the log normal or gamma distribution. It was found that the long term probability distribution follows the log-normal distribution. The short term probability distribution also follows the log-normal model for the driest and the wettest month. It has been proven that the log-normal model is also suitable for prediction at moderate angles.