Dataset
ITALSAT radio propagation measurements at 20GHz in the United Kingdom
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2009-10-08
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2012-05-25
DOI Publication Date: 2012-05-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 366 Files | 482MB
Abstract
Measurements of tropospheric attenuation (excess and total) made at Sparsholt in Hampshire, UK using the ITALSAT satellite F1 beacon signal at 20 GHz.
Citable as: Science and Technology Facilities Council; Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research; Ventouras, S.; Callaghan, S.A.; Wrench, C.L. (2012): ITALSAT radio propagation measurements at 20GHz in the United Kingdom. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, 27 May 2012. doi:10.5285/3158D138-D592-4045-ADE4-B76CF9F42129. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/3158D138-D592-4045-ADE4-B76CF9F42129
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CFARR, Chilbolton, radio propagation, 20 GHz
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Data are checked by CFARR staff prior to submission to BADC
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Introduction
Tropospheric attenuation measurements made at Sparsholt in Hampshire, UK using the ITALSAT satellite F1 beacon signal at 18.7 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
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| Callaghan, S. (2014) Datasets: From Creation to Publication. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08425-1_1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08425-1_1 |
| Callaghan, S. (2014) Datasets: From Creation to Publication. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08425-1_1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14226-5_1 |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| ITALSAT 20GHz beacon receiver | Deployed on: Sparsholt College, Hampshire, UK |
| Output Description | None |
- units: dB
- long_name: attenuation relative to clear sky. It does not include gaseous attenuation
- var_id: excess_attenuation
- units: dB
- long_name: attenuation relative to vacuum. It includes all the propagation loss
- var_id: total_attenuation
- long_name: quality of both excess and total attenuation values
- var_id: flag
- long_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: seconds
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1997-03-31T23:00:00
End time:
1998-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
51.0667° |
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-1.4330° |
-1.4330° |
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51.0667° |
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