itur package

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ITU-RPy is a python implementation of the ITU-P R Recommendations.

ITU-Rpy can be used to compute atmospheric attenuation for Earth-to-space and horizontal paths, for frequencies in the GHz range.

The propagation loss on an Earth-space path and a horizontal-path, relative to the free-space loss, is the sum of different contributions, namely:

• attenuation by atmospheric gases;
• attenuation by rain, other precipitation and clouds;
• scintillation and multipath effects;
• attenuation by sand and dust storms.

Each of these contributions has its own characteristics as a function of frequency, geographic location and elevation angle. ITU-Rpy allows for fast, vectorial computation of the different contributions to the atmospheric attenuation.