Open AccessThe GBS dataset: measurements of satellite site diversity at 20.7 GHz in the UK
Author(s) -
Callaghan S. A.,
Waight J.,
Agnew J. L.,
Walden C. J.,
Wrench C. L.,
Ventouras S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geoscience data journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2049-6060
DOI - 10.1002/gdj3.2
Subject(s) - attenuation , satellite , term (time) , fade , diversity (politics) , signal (programming language) , remote sensing , series (stratigraphy) , time diversity , telecommunications , environmental science , geology , fading , computer science , physics , acoustics , optics , astronomy , sociology , anthropology , programming language , paleontology , decoding methods
The GBS ( G lobal B roadcast S ervice) dataset is a series of radio attenuation measurements made at three sites in the UK : C hilbolton and S parsholt, both in southern UK , and D undee in S cotland. The aim of the experiment was to make long term measurements of the signal strength received from a 20.7 GHz beacon on the US D epartment of D efense satellite UFO ‐9 at multiple sites, in order to determine whether the use of site diversity as a fade mitigation technique would be effective. The dataset spans a period of 3 years, from A ugust 2003 to A ugust 2006 with signal attenuation sampled once per second.