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% Compute the temperature of an antenna on the ground.
Rain acts as an attenuator for the sky.
Type TAntennaGround for a demo. See also TSky and LossPrecipitation.
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Form:
tA = TAntennaGround( tSky, aRain, tGround )
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Inputs
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tSky (1,1) Ambient temperature of the sky
aRain (1,1) Rain Loss (dB)
tGround (1,1) Ambient temperature of the ground (deg-C)
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Outputs
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tA (1,1) Antenna noise temperature
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References: Maral, G. and M. Bousquet. (1998.) Satellite Communications
Systems. Wiley. p. 37.
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Link: RF/LossPrecipitation Link: RF/TSky
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