Table of Contents
Annex1
1Introduction
2Absorptionlosses
3Scatteringlosses
3.1AttenuationofthetransmittedsignalduetoMie
scattering
3.2IncreasesinbackgroundnoiseduetoRayleighscattered
solarenergy
4Effectsofturbulenceonsystemsoperatingbetween20THz
and375THz
4.1Amplitudescintillation
4.2Angleofarrival
4.3Beamwander
4.4Beamspreading
Annex2DetailedcalculationofattenuationduetoRayleigh
andMiescattering