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  1. Adding signals ("linear combining techniques") can be very effective and costs very little.

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, June 2017, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  2. Literary Fiction or Ancient Astronomical and Meteorological Observations in the Work of Maria Valtorta?

    Article • Religions, June 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  3. Space communications with variable elevation angle faded by rain: Radio links to the Sun-Earth first Lagrangian point L1

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, August 2015, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  4. Downloading same amount of information regardless troposphere fade

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  5. A mathematical theory of de-integrating long-time integrated rainfall statistics. Part II: from 1 day to 1 minute

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  6. A Belt of Satellites in Low Equatorial Orbits Simulating the Geostationary Orbit

    Article • September 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  7. Land-Mobile Satellite Channel

    Article • November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  8. A mathematical theory of de-integrating long-time integrated rainfall and its application for predicting 1-min rain rate statistics

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  9. A Model of the Probability Distribution of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio Estimated from BER Measurements

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  10. Errata corrige to the paper ‘An optimum design of deep-space downlinks affected by tropospheric attenuation’

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, November 2010, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  11. Prediction of site diversity performance in satellite communications systems affected by rain attenuation: Extension of the two layer rain model

    Article • European Transactions on Telecommunications, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  12. An optimum design of deep-space downlinks affected by tropospheric attenuation

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, November 2009, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  13. A Relationship Between Phase Delay and Attenuation Due to Rain and Its Applications to Satellite and Deep-Space Tracking

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, November 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  14. Best design of deep-space communication with a 2-hop downlink at 32 GHz

    Article • January 2009, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  15. A relationship between phase delay and attenuation due to rain

    Article • October 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  16. Global formulation of the Synthetic Storm Technique to calculate rain attenuation only from rain rate probability distributions

    Article • July 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  17. Test of the probability formulation of the Synthetic Storm Technique against reliable measurements of rain rate and rain attenuation

    Article • July 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  18. 18.7 GHz tropospheric scintillation and simultaneous rain attenuation measured at Spino d'Adda and Darmstadt with Italsat

    Article • Radio Science, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  19. Development and validation of time-series synthesizers of rain attenuation for Ka-band andQ/V-band satellite communication systems

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  20. Time diversity in satellite links affected by rain: prediction of the gain at different localities

    Article • January 2007, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  21. Correlation between speed of rain storms and temporal properties of precipitation: applications to the synthetic storm technique

    Article • January 2007, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  22. Concurrency of rain rate and rain attenuation statistics in slant paths: tests with the synthetic storm technique

    Article • January 2007, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  23. Time diversity as a rain attenuation countermeasure in satellite links in the 10-100 GHz frequency bands

    Article • November 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  24. A fundamental differential equation that links rain attenuation to the rain rate measured at one point, and its applications in slant paths

    Article • November 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  25. Performance of the Synthetic Storm Technique in a low elevation 5° slant path at 44.5 GHz in the French Pyrénées

    Article • November 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  26. Peak factor of rain attenuation time series in slant paths

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, September 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  27. Deep-space communications with a 2-hop downlink with high link-availability

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  28. Service Oriented Statistics of Interruption Time Due to Rainfall in Earth-Space Communication Systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, August 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  29. Attenuation statistics estimated from radar measurements in MEO satellite communication systems for mobile terminals

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, January 2002, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  30. The "missing" damage-temperature relationship in the Challenger Incident

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, January 2001, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  31. Experimental rain attenuation statistics estimated from radar measurements useful to design satellite communication systems for mobile terminals

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 2000, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  32. Evaluation of the feasibility of satellite systems design in the 10-100 GHZ frequency range

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  33. Diurnal distribution of rain attenuation in communication and broadcasting satellite systems at 11.6 GHz in Italy

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, June 1998, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  34. Rain attenuation statistics useful for the design of mobile satellite communication systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, May 1998, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  35. Polarization independence of tropospheric scintillation in clear sky: results from Olympus experiment at Spino d'Adda

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, January 1998, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  36. Scintillation and simultaneous rain attenuation at 12.5 GHz to satellite Olympus

    Article • Radio Science, September 1997, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  37. Prediction of fade durations due to rain in satellite communication systems

    Article • Radio Science, May 1997, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  38. COPOLAR AND COCHANNEL SATELLITE INTERFERENCE DURING RAIN AT 11·6 GHz ESTIMATED FROM RADAR MEASUREMENTS

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  39. PREDICTION OF ORBITAL DIVERSITY PERFORMANCE IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY RAIN ATTENUATION

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  40. COPOLAR AND COCHANNEL SATELLITE INTERFERENCE DURING RAIN AT 11·6 GHz ESTIMATED FROM RADAR MEASUREMENTS

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  41. Relationship between scintillation and rain attenuation at 19.77 GHz

    Article • Radio Science, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  42. Physical-mathematical model of the dynamics of rain attenuation based on rain rate time series and a two-layer vertical structure of precipitation

    Article • Radio Science, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  43. COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DERIVED FROM RAIN ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS AT 20 GHz

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  44. Copolar and cochannel interference from adjacent satellites during rain at 12 GHz

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1996, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  45. Scintillation and simultaneous rain attenuation at 49.5 GHz

    Article • January 1995, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  46. Extrapolation of rain attenuation probability distributions from fixed to mobile satellite communication systems: first results

    Article • January 1995, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  47. Transformation of rain attenuation statistics from fixed to mobile satellite communication systems

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, January 1995, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  48. Italsat-Olympus 20-GHz orbital diversity experiment at Spino d'Adda

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, January 1995, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  49. Shannon's entropy as a measure of the “life” of the literature of a discipline

    Article • Scientometrics, May 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  50. Physical-mathematical model of dynamics of rain attenuation with application to power spectrum

    Article • Electronics Letters, March 1994, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  51. Prediction of rain attenuation in slant paths in equatorial areas: application of two layer rain model

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1993, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  52. Frequency diversity in millimeter wave satellite communications

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, April 1992, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  53. Rain attenuation predicted with a two-layer rain model

    Article • European Transactions on Telecommunications, November 1991, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  54. The probability distribution of the age of references in engineering papers

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, March 1991, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  55. SIRIO-OTS 12 GHz orbital diversity experiment at Fucino

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, June 1990, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  56. Frequency diversity and its applications

    Article • International Journal of Satellite Communications, July 1988, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  57. Orbital Diversity in Resource-Shared Satellite Communication Systems Above 10 GHz

    Article • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, May 1987, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  58. Exploitation of the 20-40-50 GHz bands - Propagation experiments with ITALSAT

    Article • March 1986, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  59. Rain attenuation successive fade durations and time intervals between fades in a satellite-Earth link

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1986, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  60. Joint analysis of duration and rate of change of rain attenuation at 11.6 GHz

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1986, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  61. Instantaneous frequency scaling of rain attenuation at 11.6-17.8 GHz with SIRIO data

    Article • IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, March 1985, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  62. Performance of orbital diversity systems and comparisons with site diversity in earth-space radiolinks affected by rain attenuation

    Article • March 1984, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  63. Correction [to “An orbital diversity model for earth to space links under rain and comparisons with site diversity” by E. Matricciani]

    Article • Radio Science, March 1984, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  64. An orbital diversity model for earth to space links under rain and comparisons with site diversity

    Article • Radio Science, July 1983, Wiley

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  65. Effects of filtering on rate of change of rain-induced attenuation

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1982, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  66. Effects of filtering on statistics of rain-induced fade durations

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1982, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  67. Theoretical random process for prediction of rain attenuation statistics in site diversity satellite links above 10 GHz

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1982, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  68. Rain anisotropy prediction: Theory and experiment

    Article • Radio Science, September 1981, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  69. Rate of change of signal attenuation from sirio at 11.6 GHz

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1981, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  70. Duration of rain-induced fades of signal from Sirio at 11.6 GHz

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1981, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  71. Earth—space rain-cell modelling through SIRIO propagation data

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 1980, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani

  72. Micro scale site diversity as a rain attenuation countermeasure in communication systems

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Emilio E Matricciani