Crosspolarisation from high-altitude hydrometeors on a 20 GHz satellite radio path

6 January 1977

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 13 (1) , 13-14
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19770010

Abstract

20 GHz signals received from the ATS6 satellite show much higher crosspolarisation than expected from rain alone. Radar data indicate the cause to be hydrometeors above, rather than in, the melting band. During thunderstorms, the crosspolar level can change abruptly at the moment of a lightning discharge.

Keywords

CROSSPOLAR LEVEL
CROSSPOLARISATION
HIGH ALTITUDE HYDROMETEORS
LIGHTNING DISCHARGE
THUNDERSTORMS
20 GHZ SATELLITE RADIO PATH
ATS6 SATELLITE