TAntennaGround:

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% Compute the temperature of an antenna on the ground. 
   Rain acts as an attenuator for the sky.

   Type TAntennaGround for a demo. See also TSky and LossPrecipitation.
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   Form:
   tA = TAntennaGround( tSky, aRain, tGround )
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   Inputs
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   tSky          (1,1)  Ambient temperature of the sky
   aRain         (1,1)  Rain Loss (dB)
   tGround       (1,1)  Ambient temperature of the ground
                        
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   Outputs
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   tA            (1,1)  Antenna noise temperature
                        
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  	References:	Maral, G. and M. Bousquet. (1998.) Satellite Communications
               Systems. Wiley. p. 37.
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Children:

Link: RF/LossPrecipitation
Link: RF/TSky

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