F.3 Gaseous absorption for a troposcatter path

This section gives the method for calculating gaseous absorption for a complete troposcatter path, from transmitter to receiver via the common scattering volume.

Use the method in § F.4, with hrho = hts, qelev = qtpos, dcv = dtcv , to give the gaseous attenuations due to oxygen, and for water vapour under both non-rain and rain conditions, for the transmitter/common-volume path, where hts, qtpos, and dtcv appear in Table 3.1. Save the values calculated by equations (F.4.3a) to (F.4.3c) according to:

dB (F.3.1a)

dB (F.3.1b)

dB (F.3.1c)

Use the method in section F.4, with hrho = hrs, qelev = qrpos, dcv = drcv to give the gaseous attenuations due to oxygen, and for water vapour under both non-rain and rain conditions, for the receiver/common-volume path, where hrs, qrpos, and drcv appear in Table 3.1. Save the values calculated by equations (F.4.3a) to (F.4.3c) according to:

dB (F.3.2a)

dB (F.3.2b)

dB (F.3.2c)

The gaseous attenuations due to oxygen and for water vapour under both non-rain and rain conditions, for the complete troposcatter path are now given by:

dB (F.3.3a)

dB (F.3.3b)

dB (F.3.3c)

F.4 Gaseous absorption for terminal/common-volume troposcatter path

This section gives the method for calculating gaseous attenuation under non-rain conditions for the path from one terminal to the common volume of a troposcatter path.

The inputs are height for water-vapour density hrho masl, elevation angle of path qelev mrad, and horizontal distance to the common volume dcv km.

The outputs are the attenuations due to oxygen, and due to water vapour under both non-rain and rain conditions, for the terminal/common-volume path, Ao, Aw and Awr, in dB.

Obtain surface water-vapour density rsur at the terminal from the data file “surfwv_50_fixed.txt”.

Use equation (F.6.2) to calculate the sea-level specific attenuation due to water vapour under non‑rain conditions, gw, dB/km.

Use equation (F.5.1) to calculate the surface water-vapour density under rain conditions, rsurr, g/m−3.

Re-evaluate rsur according to rsur = rsurr.

Use equation (F.6.2) to calculate the sea-level specific attenuation due to water vapour under rain conditions, gwr, dB/km.

Calculate the quantities do and dw for oxygen and water vapour:

(F.4.1a)

(F.4.1b)

Calculate the effective distances deo and dew for oxygen and water vapour:

km (F.4.2a)

km (F.4.2b)

The attenuations due to oxygen, and for water vapour under both non-rain and rain conditions, for the terminal/common-volume path are now given by:

km (F.4.3a)

km (F.4.3b)

km (F.4.3c)

where go, the sea-level specific attenuation due to oxygen, appears in Table 3.1.