ASYMMETRIC SIGNAL LEVEL DISTRIBUTION DUE TO TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION

Authors
VANDEKAMP MMJL
Citation
Mmjl. Vandekamp, ASYMMETRIC SIGNAL LEVEL DISTRIBUTION DUE TO TROPOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION, Electronics Letters, 34(11), 1998, pp. 1145-1146
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1145 - 1146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:11<1145:ASLDDT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Short term distribution of signal fluctuations due to troposheric scin tillation (in decibels) is usually modelled as Gaussian. For long term distribution, this results in a symmetrical distribution function. Ho wever, various experiments have shown a significant asymmetry in long term distribution for strong scintillations. It is shown that the obse rved asymmetry follows directly from theory, if a different modelling approach is applied.