Effect

Value

Faraday rotation

12.5º

Time delay

26 ns

Time delay dispersion

83 ps

Phase dispersion

16.3˚

Ionospheric scintillation

Up to 20 dB at the geomagnetic equator at Equinox

Ionospheric absorption

Negligible

Tropospheric absorption

0.114 dB in rain for multipath case

Tropospheric scintillation

Negligible for elevation angles > 1˚

Rainfall

0.017 dB in 100 mm/hr rain