A study of anomalous propagation in persian gulf

Asrar U.H. Sheikh; Pervez Z. Khan; Saud A. Al-Semari

doi:10.1109/TAP.2010.2044336

A study of anomalous propagation in persian gulf

Asrar U.H. Sheikh, Pervez Z. Khan, Saud A. Al-Semari

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Problem of anomalous propagation with regard to radio broadcasting in the countries surrounding the Persian Gulf is studied in this paper. The extreme conditions of humidity, temperature, water vapor and atmospheric pressure result in anomalous propagation conditions that disturbs the normal mode of radio propagation. The daily and seasonal changes in the meteorological conditions directly affect the carrier to interference plus noise ratio (CINR) in the coverage area with the consequence that the desired minimum CINR within the designated coverage area cannot be guaranteed. In this paper, we study these changes to the propagation conditions by analyzing the meteorological data over nearly three decades and develop a signal strength prediction model that integrates these conditions with the environmental features. The contour maps of refractive index and its gradient over the Persian Gulf Area are produced. To validate the developed model, signal propagation conditions were simulated and measurements made over an experimental link between Manamah in Bahrain and Dhahran in Saudi Arabia.

Original language	English
Article number	5422696
Pages (from-to)	2029-2036
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	58
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2010.2044336
State	Published - Jun 2010

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Manuscript received April 13, 2009; revised September 29, 2009; accepted November 14, 2009. Date of publication March 01, 2010; date of current version published June 03, 2010. This work was supported in part by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), in part by the GCC Telecommunications Bureau, Bahrain, and in part by contracts CCCR2202 and CCCR2209.

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Propagation
Propagation measurements

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