Computer simulation of multipath depolarization due to clear air

Considering the different heights of transmitting and receiving antennas an d the height variation of the superrefractive layer; the multipath depolari zation statistical distributions due to clear air, the equiprobability line ar relationship between cross-polarization (XPD) and copolarized attenuatio n (CPA) is studied based on computer simulation at a 7.6 GHz frequency. The computer simulation results show that the slope valves of the equiprobabil ity linear relationship between XPD and CPA vary in the interval from -1 to 0, which is different from earlier theoretical results. (C) 1999 John Wile y & Sons, Inc.