Evidence of trends in rain event size effecting trends in rain fade
- Submitting institution
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The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1398531
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/2015RS005832
- Title of journal
- Radio science
- Article number
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- First page
- 142
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0048-6604
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The UK spectrum regulator Ofcom, regulates the spectrum on the assumption that rain fade is increasing over time due to climate change. This work shows that the increase in fade is less than expected, due to changes in the size and shape of rain events. Ofcom’s assumption would force a decrease in the number of links in the UK, or costly modifications to hardware, such as fitting interference cancellation. This paper shows these to be unnecessary for terrestrial systems, but still required for Earth-space systems. Hence, it influences the future of telecommunications systems in the UK and globally.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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