Nonuniform Scattering of Microwave Radiation Due to Layered DUSA Storm: Theory and Experiment: Theory and Experiment

Kamal M. Harb; Sheikh Sharif Iqbal Mitu; Mahfuz Ullah; Hussein Attia

doi:10.1109/ICJECE.2021.3085513

Nonuniform Scattering of Microwave Radiation Due to Layered DUSA Storm: Theory and Experiment: Theory and Experiment

Kamal M. Harb, Sheikh Sharif Iqbal Mitu, Mahfuz Ullah, Hussein Attia^*

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Abstract

Wireless communication networks of desert-belt nations can be severely compromised by frequent dust/sand (DUSA) storms. Existing attenuation and scattering models for electromagnetic (EM) waves often consider homogeneous DUSA media. This article proposes an analytical model of a layer-based DUSA storm to monitor the EM attenuation from different DUSA layers. A lab-based experimental setup is used to measure the attenuation from a specific DUSA layer. The measured results are used to validate an equivalent professional simulator [high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS)] model of the DUSA layer. The agreement between the proposed analytical and simulated results demonstrates the redundancy of complicated experimental validation process. The simulation model also allowed the monitoring of EM attenuation due to different particle sizes, shapes, and concentrations in different homogeneous layers of the DUSA storm. The predicted EM attenuations agreed well with the data available in the literature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	384-389
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICJECE.2021.3085513
State	Published - 2021

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Funding Information:
Manuscript received January 6, 2021; revised March 25, 2021; accepted May 27, 2021. Date of publication July 30, 2021; date of current version August 9, 2021. This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, under Grant RG1417. (Corresponding author: Hussein Attia.) Kamal M. Harb is with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hafr Al Batin University, Hafr Al Batin 39524, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: kharb@ uhb.edu.sa).

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Keywords

Antenna
attenuation
dust/sand (DUSA)
microwave
sand storm
scattering

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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