ITALSAT radio propagation measurements at 50GHz in the United Kingdom

Measurements of troposhperic attenuation (excess and total) made at Sparsholt in Hampshire, UK using the ITALSAT satellite F1 beacon signal at 50 GHz.

ITALSAT F1 (owned and operated by the Italian Space Agency) was in geostationary orbit at 13 degrees east, and it could be seen from the receiving station at an elevation angle of 30 degrees. The received signal was vertically polarised and was sampled once a second. North-south tracking of the satellite with the beacon receiver maintained ~20dB of dynamic range thought of the measurement period.

The method applied to remove the nonatmospheric changes of the beacon signal and to establish the reference level from which to measure the excess and total attenuation is described in [Ventouras et.al., Long-term statistics of tropospheric attenuation from the Ka/U band ITALSAT satellite experiment in the United Kingdom, Radio Sci.,41,RS2007,doi:10.1029/2005RS003252]. The accuracy of fade level retrieval is estimated to be ~+/-0.5dB

Date (Publication): 2012-05-25T12:27:11

Date (Creation): 2012-05-25T12:27:11

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4918af56410c6af1890950ae8f3c04ec

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 4918af56410c6af1890950ae8f3c04ec

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/597C906A-B09E-4822-8B60-3B53EA8FC57F

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)		unknown	Author
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Ventouras, Spiros	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Callaghan, Sarah A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Wrench, Charles Leonard	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
unknown		unknown	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

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CFARR
Chilbolton
radio propagation
50 GHz

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atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1997-03-31T23:00:00

End date: 2000-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/chilbolton/data/italsat/italsat-50ghz-beacon	DOWNLOAD

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Parent identifier: Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present)
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Date stamp: 2026-02-05T03:01:12

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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