F2  Propagation Modeling, Measurements and Effects

Wednesday, January 8  13:20-16:20  Room 1B12

Session Chairs:  Michael Newkirk, Robert Marshall

13:20  F2-1  DUCTED MILLIMETER PROPAGATION OVER ROUGH SEAS USING PWE

Frank Ryan*

Applied Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA


13:40  F2-2  MICRO-DOPPLER SIGNATURE OF HUMAN WALKING IN FOREST ENVIRONMENT

Nghia Tran*, Ozlem Kilic, Jose Miguel Garcia-Rubia, Vinh Dang, Quang Nguyen

Electrical and Computer Science, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC


14:00  F2-3  COMPARISON OF RAINFALL RATE AND ATTENUATION MODELS FOR TROPICAL REGION IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

Elijah O. Olurotimi*, Joseph S. Ojo, Moses O. Ajewole

Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Akure and Ondo, NIGERIA


14:20  F2-4  PERFORMANCE OF KU-BAND SATELLITE SIGNALS DURING RAINY CONDITIONS IN AKURE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

Omotayo M. Durodola*1,2, Moses O. Ajewole2, Joseph S. Ojo2

1Dept of Physics/ Electronics & Communications, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau, NIGERIA
2Dept of Physics/ Radio Communication, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Akure, Ondo, NIGERIA


14:40  F2-5  MEASUREMENT OF S-, C-, AND X-BAND PROPAGATION IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER THROUGH OBSERVATIONS OF TRANSMITTERS OF OPPORTUNITY

Jonathan M. Pozderac*1, Joel T. Johnson1, Craig F. Merrill2

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus
2Carderock, NSWC, West Bethesda


15:20  F2-6  RAPTIR: RADIO-WAVE PROPAGATION THROUGH IONOSPHERE REGIONS CUBESAT MISSION

Julio Martin-Hidalgo*, Charles M. Swenson, Daniel Farr

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT


15:40  F2-7  CHARACTERIZATION OF SIDE MOUNTED VEHICULAR ANTENNAS

Timothy Samson*, Maxim Ignatenko, Dejan Filipovic

University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder


16:00  F2-8  ANTENNA LOCATION EFFECTS ON THE CAPACITY OF MIMO DSRC CHANNELS

Nischal Adhikari*, Sima Noghanian

Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks