Atmospheric effects on free space earth-to-satellite optical link in tropical climate

• Main Authors: M.Nor, Norhanis Aida, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International association of Academicians, Scholars, Scientists & Engineers (IAASSE) 2013
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/32430/1/IJCSEA_Feb2013.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/32430/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijcsea.2013.3102

Free Space Optic (FSO) vulnerability towards atmospheric phenomena is becoming a main issue towards its implementation. A lot of studies have been conducted to estimate the climatological effects on FSO links but most of them are based on terrestrial link with short path lengths and centred in tempe...