Article ID: 2021ISP0008
Rain attenuation characteristics due to typhoon passage are discussed using the Ku-band BS satellite signal observations conducted by Osaka Electro-Communication University in Neayagawa from 1988 to 2019. The degree of hourly rain attenuation due to rainfall rate is largely enhanced as typhoon passes the east side of the station, while it becomes smaller in the case of west side passage. Compared to hourly ground wind velocities of nearby AMeDAS, the equivalent path lengths of rain attenuation become larger as the wind directions approach the same angle to the satellite, while they become smaller as the wind directions approach the opposite angle to the satellite. The increase and decrease of the equivalent path lengths are confirmed in other Ku-band and Ka-band satellite paths with different azimuth angles, such as CS, SKP, and SBC. Modified equivalent path lengths calculated by a simple propagation path model including horizontal wind speeds along the same direction to the satellite agree well with the equivalent path lengths observed by each satellite. The equivalent path lengths are, for the first time, proved to be largely affected by the direction of typhoon passage and the horizontal wind velocities.
