The Effect of Liquid Water Content Over the Seas of India and Europe for Ka-Band Satellite Communication

Abstract

In the field of satellite communication, the attenuation caused by rain and clouds is dominant. A lot of studies have been done for rain attenuation, but more need to be done for clouds especially for millimeter waves. In this paper, various studies are conducted in the region of India and Europe. The data were gathered from AMSR-2 satellite. Annual data of liquid water content are collected from two sites, namely Bay of Bengal, India, and Mediterranean Sea, Europe. These data are simulated in cloud model given by ITU-R. Results obtained are compared for two regions. It was observed that due to the climatic conditions, more variations in attenuation are observed in European region as compared to India subcontinent.