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In this chapter, several propagation factors introduced in Section 2.6 which have not yet been fully discussed in previous chapters are described. The factors described here are generally not as severe in earth-space communications as those described in earlier chapters, and they can be considered as secondary effects for most typical space communications links. There are special situations, however, where the effects can become significant, and these situations will be pointed out.
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Ippolito, L.J. (1986). Scintillation, Bandwidth Coherence, and other Propagation Factors. In: Radiowave Propagation in Satellite Communications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7027-7_8
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