Tropospheric Scintillation in the Indian Tropical Hilly Region

Mountain areas experience random turbulent irregularities of temperature, humidity, and pressure causing degradation in the satellite-received signal both in amplitude and phase at frequencies higher than 10 GHz. It brings a poor signal quality for daily usage of satellite communication in the region. A study and analysis of this type of scintillation have been done here which is significant for Ku and Ka bands for regular communication. A prediction model of scintillation for the tropical hilly region has been developed and validated. Frequency scaling on the model has also been done.