Atmospheric Attenuation
Combine specific attenuation terms from gas, rain, cloud/fog, and implementation losses over a slant RF path.
Total attenuation
2.60 dB
54.95% power transmitted
Effective path
10.00 km
slant factor 2.00
Gaseous loss
0.30 dB
O2 0.10 + H2O 0.20
Weather loss
1.80 dB
rain 1.50 + cloud 0.30
Miscellaneous
0.50 dB
fixed extra loss
Slant path loss budget
Low elevation stretches the absorbing RF path through gas and weather; the chart separates the dB contribution from each loss source.
Hover the slant path to inspect path geometry and total atmospheric loss.
5.00 km
10.00 km
54.95%
Component attenuation
dB contribution by source
0.30 dB
1.80 dB
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