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CARLO RIVA - ELENCO DELLE PUBBLICAZIONI
ARTICOLI INVITATI
[1] C. Riva, M. Filip and B.C. Gremont, “Propagation in the design and
planning of radio systems”, Invited paper, Belgian Journal of Electronics &
Communications HF RevueTrimestrielle, N° 1, 2000, pp. 27-40.
RIVISTE INTERNAZIONALI
[1] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “A new method for the prediction of fade duration
statistics in satellite links beyond 10 GHz”, International Journal of Satellite
Communications, VOL. 12, 1994, pp. 387-394;
[2] Matricciani E., M. Mauri and C. Riva, “Relationship between scintillation
and rain attenuation at 19.77 GHz”, Radio Science, VOL. 31, N° 2, March-April
1996, pp. 273-279;
[3] Bosisio A.V. and C. Riva, “Site diversity performance in 10/30 GHz band: a
comparison among prediction methods”, Electronics Letters, VOL. 32, N° 19,
12th September 1996, pp. 1760-1761;
[4] Peeters G., F.S. Marzano, G. D’Auria, C. Riva and D. Vanhoenacker,
“Evaluation of statistical models for clear-air scintillation prediction using
Olympus satellite measurements”, International Journal of Satellite
Communications, VOL. 15, 1997, pp.73-88;
[5] Matricciani E., M. Mauri and C. Riva, “Scintillation and simultaneous rain
attenuation at 12.5 GHz to satellite Olympus”, Radio Science, VOL. 32, N° 5,
September-October 1997, pp. 1861-1866;
[6] Polonio R. and C. Riva, “ITALSAT propagation experiment at 18.7, 39.6 and 49.5
GHz at Spino d’Adda: three years of CPA statistics”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas
and Propagation, VOL. 46, NO. 5, May 1998, pp. 631-635;
[7] Bosisio A.V. and C. Riva, “A novel method for the statistical prediction of
rain attenuation in site diversity systems: theory and comparative testing against
experimental data”, International Journal of Satellite Communications, VOL
16, 1998, pp. 47-52;
[8] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “Polarisation independence of tropospheric
scintillation in clear-sky: results from Olympus experiment in Spino d’Adda”,

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 46, NO. 9, September 1998,
pp. 1400-1402;
[9] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “Evaluation of the Feasibility of Satellite
Systems Design in the 10-100 GHz Frequency Range”, International Journal of
Satellite Communications, VOL. 16, 1998, pp. 237-247;
[10] Van de Kamp M.M.J.L., C. Riva, J.K. Tervonen and E.T. Salonen,
“Frequency Dependence of Amplitude Scintillation”, IEEE Transactions on
Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 47, NO. 1, January 1999, pp. 77-85;
[11] Marzano F.S., C. Riva, A. Banich and F. Clivio, “Assessment of modelbased
scintillation variance prediction on long-term basis using Italsat satellite
measurements”, International Journal of Satellite Communications, VOL. 17,
Issue 1, 1999, pp. 17-36;
[12] Paraboni A., G. Masini, M. Mauri, R. Polonio and C. Riva, “Summary of
propagation results obtained in 5 years of ITALSAT experiment in Milano”,
International Journal of Satellite Communications, VOL. 17, Issue 1, 1999, pp.
169-175;
[13] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Evidence of Long-term Correlation between
Clear-air Attenuation and Scintillation in Satellite Microwave and Millimeterwave
Links”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 47, NO. 12,
December 1999, pp. 1749-1757;
[14] Bryant G.H., I. Adimula, C. Riva and G. Brussaard, “Rain Attenuation
Statistics from Rain Cell Diameters and Heights”, International Journal of
Satellite Communications, VOL. 19, Issue 3, 2001, pp 263-283;
[15] Luglio M., R. Mancini, C. Riva, A. Paraboni and F. Barbaliscia, “Largescale
site diversity for satellite communication networks”, International Journal
of Satellite Communications, VOL. 20, NO. 4, July-August 2002, pp. 251-260;
[16] Paraboni A., C. Capsoni, G. Masini, J.P.V. Poiares Baptista and C. Riva,
“Dynamic fade restoration in Ka-band satellite systems”, International Journal
of Satellite Communications, VOL. 20, NO. 4, July-August 2002, pp. 283-291;
[17] Paraboni A., C. Riva, L. Valbonesi and M. Mauri, “Eight Years of
ITALSAT Copolar Attenuation Statistics at Spino d’Adda”, Space
Communications, VOL. 18, NO. 1-2, 2002, pp. 59-64;
[18] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Cloud-Induced Effects on Monthly Averaged
Scintillation Amplitude along Millimeter-Wave Slant Paths”, IEEE Transactions
on Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 51, NO. 4, April 2003, pp. 880-887;

[19] Fiebig U.-C. and C. Riva, “Impact of Seasonal and Diurnal Variations on
Satellite System Design in V Band”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and
Propagation, VOL. 52, NO. 4, April 2004, pp. 923-932;
[20] Riva C., “Seasonal and diurnal variations of total attenuation measured
with the ITALSAT satellite at Spino d’Adda at 18.7, 39.6 and 49.5 GHz”,
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, NO. 22,
2004, pp. 449–476.
[21] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “Peak Factor of Rain Attenuation Time Series
in Slant Paths”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 53, NO. 9,
September 2005, pp. 3073–3074;
[22] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “The Search for the Most Reliable Long-Term
Rain Attenuation CDF of a Slant Path and the Impact on Prediction Models”,
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, VOL. 53, NO. 9, September 2005,
pp. 3075–3079;
[23] Capsoni C., L. Luini, A. Paraboni and C. Riva, “Stratiform and Convective
Rain Discrimination deduced from Local P(R)”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas
and Propagation, VOL. ??, NO. ??, November 2006, pp. ????–????.
RIVISTE NAZIONALI
[1] De Angelis G., A. Paraboni, C. Riva, F. Zaccarini, G. Dellagiacoma, L.
Ordano, R. Polonio, M. Mauri and A Pawlina, “Attenuation and scintillations
statistics with Olympus and Italsat satellites in Italy”, Alta Frequenza, VOL. 6,
N° 6, Novembre-Dicembre 1994, pp. 66-69.
[2] Capsoni C., A. Paraboni, M. D'Amico and C. Riva, “Prestazione di un
sistema di comunicazione via satellite con distribuzione adattativa di potenza”,
Atti della Fondazione Ronchi, ISSN: 0391 2051, Anno LVI, N. 4-5, 2001, pp.
977-981.
CONVEGNI INTERNAZIONALI
[1] Bosisio A., C. Capsoni, M. Mauri, A. Paraboni, A. Pawlina and C. Riva,
“Preliminary results from the Olympus propagation experiment at the stations of
Spino d'Adda and Politecnico di Milano”, Proceedings of "International
Conference on the Results of the Olympus Utilisation Programme", Sevilla,
Spain, 20-22 April 1993, pp. 721-730;

[2] Paraboni A., C. Riva and F. Zaccarini, “Advanced radio mobile systems at
millimeter waves using satellites in highly inclined orbits: assessment of the
propagation impairments based on 20 to 50 GHz data measured in Italy”,
Proceedings of "The 4th International Conference on Advances in
Communication & Control", Rhodes, Greece, 14-18 June 1993, pp. 716-722;
[3] Ripamonti G., C. Riva and A. Castoldi, “Optimum performance and
acquisition methods for single-photon optical time-domain reflectometry”,
Proceedings of "The 2nd Optical Fiber Measurements Conference", Torino, 21-
22 settembre 1993, pp. 33-36;
[4] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “A new method for fade duration statistics
prediction”, Proceedings of "The 21th Meeting of Olympus Propagation
Experimenters", Louvain-la-Neuve, 17-19 May 1994, pp. 39-45;
[5] Paraboni A., C. Riva, D. Vanhoenacker and H. Vasseur, “Extraction of
scintillations from signal affected by rain”, Proceedings of "The 21th Meeting of
Olympus Propagation Experimenters", Louvain-la-Neuve, 17-19 May 1994, pp.
165-172;
[6] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “Separating absorption from scintillations
phenomena in satellite radio links: theory, experimental data and predictions”,
Proceedings of "Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction,
CLIMPARA'94", Moscow, 31 May - 3 June 1994 (pp. 5.9.1-5.9.5);
[7] Mauri M., Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “Short term frequency scaling”,
Proceedings of "The 22th Meeting of Olympus Propagation Experimenters",
Noordwijk, 8-10 November 1994;
[8] Bosisio A.V., M. Mauri, A. Paraboni and C. Riva, “Milano-Spino d'Adda
space-diversity at 19.77 GHz”, Proceedings of "The 22th Meeting of Olympus
Propagation Experimenters", Noordwijk, 8-10 November 1994;
[9] Matricciani E., M. Mauri and C. Riva, “Scintillation and simultaneous rain
attenuation at 49.5 GHz”, Proceedings of “Ninth International Conference on
Antennas and Propagation”, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands, 4-7 April 1995;
[10] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “The radiowaves propagation in Ka bands and
beyond in earth-space links”, Proceedings of “Ka Band Utilization Conference”,
Rome, Italy, 10-12 October 1995;
[11] Paraboni A., M. Mauri, R. Polonio, C. Riva and F. Zaccarini, “Attenuation
statistics for high availability TLC systems at 12, 20, 30, 40 and 50 GHz: first

esults obtained with the OLYMPUS and ITALSAT satellites in Italy”,
Proceedings of “URSI Commission F International Triennial Open Symposium
on Wave Propagation and Remote sensing”, Ahmedabad, India, 20-24
November 1995;
[12] Bosisio A.V. and C. Riva, “Site diversity performance in 10/30 GHz band:
a comparison among prediction methods”, Proceedings of “Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium” (PIERS 1996), Innsbruck, Austria, July
8-12, 1996;
[13] Mauri M., A. Paraboni, A. Pawlina Bonati, R. Polonio and C. Riva, “The
main results of the Italsat propagation experiment at 18.7, 39.6 and 49.5 GHz”,
Proceedings of “Second Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Florence, Italy,
September 24-26, 1996;
[14] Mauri M., A. Paraboni, A. Pawlina Bonati, R. Polonio, C. Riva and I.A.
Adimula, “ITALSAT propagation experiment: an update on the available
results”, Proceedings of “Third Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Sorrento,
Italy, September 15-18, 1997;
[15] Riva C. and J.P.V. Poiares Baptista, “A comparative test among total
attenuation prediction methods”, Proceedings of "Climatic Parameters in
Radiowave Propagation Prediction, CLIMPARA'98", Ottawa, 27-29 April 1998;
[16] Paraboni A., G. Masini and Riva C., “The spatial structure of rain and its
impact on the design of advanced TLC systems”, Invited contribution,
Proceedings of "Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction,
CLIMPARA'98", Ottawa, 27-29 April 1998;
[17] Matricciani E., C. Riva and Jacek Skrzypczynski, “Study of scintillation
and simultaneous rain attenuation with ITALSAT experiment at Wroclaw”, 14th
International Wroclaw Symposium and Exhibition on Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC’98), Wroclaw, Poland, 23-25 June 1998;
[18] Bryant G.H., I.A. Adimula and C. Riva, “Rain cell diameters and heights: a
new model of rain attenuation”, Proceedings of “Progress In Electromagnetics
Research Symposium” (PIERS 1998), Nantes, France, July 13-17, 1998;
[19] Bryant G.H., I. Adimula and C. Riva, “Rain cell diameters and heights: a
new model of rain attenuation”, Proceedings of “URSI Commission F Triennial
Open Symposium on Wave Propagation and Remote sensing”, Aveiro, Portugal,
22-25 September 1998;

[20] Bryant G.H., I.A. Adimula and C. Riva, “Rain-ret distribution for tropical
regions”, Proceedings of “MTT-S European Wireless ‘98”, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 5-9 October 1998;
[21] Marzano F.S., C. Riva, A. Banich, F. Clivio, G. d’Auria and A. Paraboni,
“Model-Based Prediction of Amplitude Scintillation Variance in the 10-50 GHz
Band: Comparison with Italsat Satellite Measurements”, Proceedings of “First
International Workshop on Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom
Services at Ku-band and above”, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 28-29
October 1998;
[22] Masini G., M. Mauri, A. Paraboni, R. Polonio and C. Riva, “Summary of
propagation results obtained in 5 years of Italsat experiment in Milano”,
Proceedings of “Fourth Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Venice, Italy,
November 2-4, 1998;
[23] Paraboni A., G. Masini and C. Riva, “The spatial structure of rain and its
impact on the design of advanced TLC systems”, Proceedings of “Fourth Ka
Band Utilization Conference”, Venice, Italy, November 2-4, 1998;
[24] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Long-term correlation between clear-air
attenuation and scintillation in space links: a numerical and experimental
investigation”, XXVI th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio
Science”, Toronto, Canada, August 13-21, 1999;
[25] Riva C. and A. Paraboni, “ITALSAT propagation experiment at 18.7, 39.6
and 49.5 GHz at Spino d'Adda: five years of attenuation statistics”, XXVI th
General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science”, Toronto,
Canada, August 13-21, 1999;
[26] Paraboni A., G. De Angelis, C. Mattiello and C. Riva, “Propagation
characteristics above 45 GHz”, The 1999 IEEE MTTS International Microwave
Symposium, Anaheim, California, USA, June 12-19, 1999;
[27] Barbaliscia F., A. Martellucci, A. Paraboni, C. Riva, C. Capsoni, E.
Salonen, F. Haidara, “Propagation modelling at 50/40 GHz”, AP2000
Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland,
April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM paper n. 1352, pagg. 4;
[28] Barbaliscia F., A. Paraboni and C. Riva, “Site-route diversity on various
space scales as a countermeasure in satellite links”, AP2000 Millennium
Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 9-14,
2000, CD-ROM paper n. 1386, pagg. 4;

[29] Habeta J., E. Gimonet, L. Castanet and C. Riva, “Ka-band feeder link for a
mobile low earth orbit satellite system”, AP2000 Millennium Conference on
Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM
paper n. 1321, pagg. 4;
[30] Martellucci A., F. Barbaliscia, M. Boumis and C. Riva, “Experimental
assessment of clear air fading based on the ITALSAT/F1 propagation
measurements”, AP2000 Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation,
Davos, Switzerland, April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM paper n. 0360, pagg. 4;
[31] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Numerical and experimental analysis of longterm
correlation between clear-air attenuation and scintillation”, AP2000
Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland,
April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM paper n. 0169, pagg. 4;
[32] Paraboni A., C. Riva, F. Barbaliscia, A. Martellucci and A. Pawlina,
“Results of the ITALSAT propagation measurements campaign at 18.7, 39.6
and 49.5 GHz”, AP2000 Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation,
Davos, Switzerland, April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM paper n. 0422, pagg. 4;
[33] Salonen E., C. Riva and J.P.V. Poiares Baptista, “A global combination
model for total fade distribution of atmospheric phenomena”, AP2000
Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland,
April 9-14, 2000, CD-ROM paper n. 1187, pagg. 4;
[34] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “ITALSAT propagation experiment at Spino
d’Adda: seven years of statistics at 18.7, 39.6 and 49.5 GHz”, Proceedings of
“Sixth Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 31 - June
2, 2000, pp. 333-336;
[35] Riva C. and M. Mauri, “Eight Years of Statistics of Meteorological
Parameters at Spino d’Adda”, Proceedings of "Climatic Parameters in
Radiowave Propagation Prediction, CLIMPARA'2001", Budapest, Hungary, 28-
30 May 2001, pp. 151-155;
[36] Martellucci A., M. Boumis and C. Riva, “Regional prediction of
propagation parameters for Ka and V band Satellite communication systems
based on databases of climatic parameters”, Proceedings of "Climatic
Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, CLIMPARA'2001",
Budapest, Hungary, 28-30 May 2001. pp. 147-150;
[37] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Analysis of cloud liquid effects on amplitude
scintillation along microwave and millimeter-wave links”, Proceedings of
"Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, CLIMPARA'2001",
Budapest, Hungary, 28-30 May 2001, pp. 31-34;

[38] Paraboni A., C. Riva, L. Valbonesi and M. Mauri, “Eight Years of
ITALSAT Copolar Attenuation Statistics at Spino d’Adda”, Proceedings of
“Seventh Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Santa Margherita Ligure (Genova),
Italy, September 26-28, 2001;
[39] Paraboni A., C. Capsoni and C. Riva, “Spatial rain distribution models for
the prediction of attenuation in point-to-multipoint and resource-sharing systems
in the Ka and V frequency bands”, Proceedings of “URSI Commission F Open
Symposium on Propagation and Remote sensing”, Garmish-Partenkirchen,
Germany, 12-15 February 2002;
[40] Pawlina A., M. Mauri, C. Riva, C. Wrench and U.C. Fiebig, “Some results
of 10 years of ITALSAT F1 measurements in Europe”, Proceedings of “URSI
Commission F Open Symposium on Propagation and Remote sensing”,
Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany, 12-15 February 2002;
[41] C. Riva, “Spatial characteristics of propagation parameters: a review”, 1st
Workshop of the COST 280 Action “Propagation Impairments Mitigation for
Millimetre-Wave Radio Systems”, Malvern, United Kingdom, 1-3 July 2002;
[42] Palade T. and C. Riva, “ITALSAT Propagation Experiment at 18.7, 39.6,
and 49.5 GHz at Spino d.Adda: Seven years of Fade Slope Statistics”, 1st
Workshop of the COST 280 Action “Propagation Impairments Mitigation for
Millimetre-Wave Radio Systems”, Malvern, United Kingdom, 1-3 July 2002;
[43] Paraboni A., C. Capsoni, C. Riva and F. Barbaliscia, “Small and large scale
spatial distribution of precipitation”, XXVIIth General Assembly of the
International Union of Radio Science”, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August 17-
24, 2002, No. 2113;
[44] Allnutt J. and C. Riva, “The prediction of rare propagation events: the
changing face of outage risk assessment in satellite services”, XXVIIth General
Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science”, Maastricht, The
Netherlands, August 17-24, 2002, No. 937;
[45] Luglio M., C. Riva, A. Paraboni and F. Barbaliscia, “The Use of Large
Scale Site Diversity to Improve Availability for Satellite Systems”, Proceedings
of “Eighth Ka Band Utilization Conference”, Baveno/Stresa, Italy, September
25-27, 2002;
[46] Matricciani E., M. Mauri and C. Riva, “A Rain Rate Data Base Useful to
Simulate Reliable Rain Attenuation Time Series for Applications to Satellite and
Tropospheric Communication Systems”, Proceedings of “2002 European

Conference on Wireless Technology (ECWT)”, Milano, Italy, September 26-27,
2002;
[47] Capsoni C., M. D’Amico and C. Riva, “Performance of small-scale
multiple site diversity scheme evaluated through a 3 D rain model”, Proceedings
of “Twelfth International Conference on Antennas and Propagation”, University
of Exeter, United Kingdom, 31 st March-3 rd April 2003;
[48] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “Rain Attenuation Statistics Useful To Test
Time Series Synthesizers For Applications To Satellite Communications”,
Proceedings of “2003 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and
USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting”, The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio (U.S.A.), June 22-27 2003;
[49] Fiebig U.-C., L. Castanet, J. Lemorton, E. Matricciani, F. Pérez-Fontán, C.
Riva and R. Watson, “Review of Propagation Channel Modelling”, 2nd
Workshop of the COST 280 Action “Propagation Impairments Mitigation for
Millimetre-Wave Radio Systems”, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands,
26-28 May 2003;
[50] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “Modelling the Spatial Properties of the
Propagation Channel” (invited), 2nd Workshop of the COST 280 Action
“Propagation Impairments Mitigation for Millimetre-Wave Radio Systems”,
ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 26-28 May 2003;
[51] Matricciani E. and C. Riva, “Statistics of interruption time due to rainfall in
satellite communication systems”, Proceedings of “9 th Ka and BroadBand
Communications Conference”, Lacco Ameno (Island of Ischia), Italy,
November 5-7, 2003;
[52] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Analysis of cloud liquid effects on long-term
amplitude scintillation along ITALSAT satellite link”, Proceedings of “9 th Ka
and BroadBand Communications Conference”, Lacco Ameno (Island of Ischia),
Italy, November 5-7, 2003;
[53] Lemorton J., L. Castanet, F. Lacoste, C. Riva, E. Matricciani, U.C. Fiebig,
M. Van De Kamp and A. Martellucci, “Development of time series synthesizers
for Ka-band satellite communication systems”, Proceedings of “2nd CNES
workshop on Earth-space propagation, Toulouse, France, October 2004;
[54] Paraboni A. and C. Riva, “ITALSAT-F2 Copolar Attenuation Statistics at
Spino d’Adda”, Proceedings of “10 th Ka and BroadBand Communications
Conference”, Vicenza, Italy, September 30-October 2, 2004;

[55] Lemorton J., L. Castanet, F. Lacoste, C. Riva, E. Matricciani,U.-C. Fiebig,
M. Van De Kamp, A. Martellucci, “Development of time series synthesizers for
ka-band satellite communication systems”, “10 th Ka and BroadBand
Communications Conference”, Vicenza, Italy, September 30-October 2, 2004;
[56] Lacoste F., J.P. Millerioux, L. Castanet, C. Riva, “Generation of time series
of scintillation combined with rain attenuation”, ECPS 2005 conference, Brest,
France, March 15-18, 2005;
[57] Kvicera V., O. Fiser, C. Riva, P. Sharma, “Comparison of Tipping-Bucket
Raingauge Record Processing at Various Workplaces”, 3rd International
Workshop of the COST 280 Action “Propagation Impairments Mitigation for
Millimetre-Wave Radio Systems”, Prague, Czech Republic, 6-8 June 2005, pp.
1-4;
[58] Matricciani E., C. Riva, “Correlation between scintillation and rain
attenuation in a slant path at 18.7 GHz from Italsat high resolution
measurements in Spino d’Adda”, Mediterranean Microwaves Symposium 2005,
Athens, Greece, September 6-8, 2005, pp. 1-6;
[59] Matricciani E., C. Riva, “Long Term Correlation Between Scintillation and
Rain Attenuation in a Slant Path at 18.7 GHz”, “11 th Ka and BroadBand
Communications Conference”, Roma, Italy, September 25-28, 2005, pp. 179-
186;
[60] Riva C., C. Capsoni, J. Lemorton, L. Castanet, E. Kubista, M. Schönhuber,
“Characterisation and modelling of propagation effects in 20-50 GHz band”,
“11 th Ka and BroadBand Communications Conference”, Roma, Italy, September
25-28, 2005, pp. 195-202;
[61] Capsoni C., L. Luini, C. Riva, “1-min rain rate statistics predictions from 1hour
rain rate statistics measurements”, “11 th Ka and BroadBand
Communications Conference”, Roma, Italy, September 25-28, 2005, pp. 393-
400;
[62] Riva C., A. Martellucci, M. Schönhuber, E. Kubista, L. Luini, “ERA15
climatological databases for propagation modelling”, ClimDiff 2005, Clevelend,
Ohio, USA, September 26-27, 2005, Clim-12, pp. 1-7;
[63] Lemorton J., L. Castanet, F. Lacoste, C. Riva, E. Matricciani, U.-C. Fiebig,
M. Van De Kamp, A. Martellucci, “Long-term testing of statistics obtained with
time series synthesizers of the ka-band satellite propagation channel”, ClimDiff
2005, Clevelend, Ohio, USA, September 26-27, 2005, Clim-31, pp. 1-8;

[64] Riva C., C. Capsoni, L. Luini, “A new global prediction model of rain
attenuation that accounts for separately stratiform and convective rain”,
XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, New
Delhi, India, October 23-29, 2005, pp. 1-4;
[65] Martellucci A., A. Testoni, A. Paraboni, L. Luini, C. Riva, “Assessment of
spatial correlation of water vapour, liquid water and rain amount in Europe,
North America and Japan using ECMWF re-analysis data”, XXVIIIth General
Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, New Delhi, India,
October 23-29, 2005, pp. 1-4;
[66] Luini L., C. Riva, C. Capsoni, A. Martellucci, “Assessment of clear sky
atmospheric attenuation procedures for propagation application”, MicroRad’06,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 February – 3 March, 2006, pp. 1-6;
[67] Capsoni C., L. Luini, C. Riva, L. Castanet, A. Martellucci, “Development
and test of a new prediction method of rain attenuation for satellite
communication systems operating in the 20-50 GHz frequency band”, Third
CNES Workshop on Earth-Space Propagation Toulouse, France, 25-27
September 2006;
[68] Martellucci A., C. Riva, “Experimental assessment of mw radiometer
stability and atmospheric fluctuations for radioscience applications”, Third
CNES Workshop on Earth-Space Propagation Toulouse, France, 25-27
September 2006;
[69] Matricciani E., C. Riva, L. Castanet, “Performance of the synthetic storm
technique in a low elevation 5° slant path at 44.5 GHz in the French Pyrénées”,
The first European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006),
Nice, France, 6-10 November, 2006, pp. 1-6;
[70] Capsoni C., L. Luini, A. Paraboni, C. Riva, “Potentiality of the str-cnv
Excell model in the prediction of rain attenuation”, The first European
Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006), Nice, France, 6-10
November, 2006, pp. 1-6;
[71] Paraboni A., C. Capsoni, Riva C., “Joint attenuation-depolarization
statistics measured at 18.7 GHz in the Spino d' Adda Station with the
ITALSAT-F2 satellite”, “12 th Ka and BroadBand Communications
Conference”, Napoli, Italy, September 27-29, 2006.

CONVEGNI NAZIONALI
[1] Riva C. and E. Uboldi, “Misure dimensionali di fibre ottiche usando una
nuova tecnica di elaborazione dell'immagine”, atti del 1° Convegno Nazionale
"Strumentazione e Metodi di Misura Elettroottici, ELETTROOTTICA '90",
Segrate (Milano), 16-18 ottobre 1990, pp. 277-281;
[2] Matricciani E., M. Mauri and C. Riva, “Scintillation and simultaneous rain
attenuation at 12.5 GHz in a slant path to satellite Olympus”, Proceedings of
"Undicesima Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, XI RiNEm", Firenze,
Italy, 1-4 Ottobre 1996;
[3] Mario M., A. Paraboni, A. Pawlina Bonati, R. Polonio and C. Riva,
“Statistiche di attenuazione a 18.7, 39.6 e 49.5 GHz per la stazione Italsat di
Spino d’Adda”, Proceedings of "Undicesima Riunione Nazionale di
Elettromagnetismo, XI RiNEm", Firenze, Italy, 1-4 Ottobre 1996.
[4] Marzano F.S., C. Riva, A. Banich, F. Clivio, G. d’Auria and A. Paraboni,
“Model-based prediction of amplitude scintillation variance in the 10-50 GHz
band: comparison with Italsat data”, Proceedings of "Undicesima Riunione
Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, XII RiNEm", Cetraro (Cs), Italy, 28
Settembre-1 Ottobre 1998;
[5] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Analisi della correlazione tra attenuazione e
scintillazioni in aria chiara lungo collegamenti via satellite a microonde”,
Proceedings of "Tredicesima Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, XIII
RiNEm", Villa Olmo (Como), Italy, 25-28 Settembre 2000, pp. 469-472;
[6] C. Capsoni, A. Paraboni, M. D'Amico and C. Riva, “Prestazione di un
sistema di comunicazione via satellite con distribuzione adattativa di potenza”,
Proceedings of "Tredicesima Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, XIII
RiNEm", Villa Olmo (Como), Italy, 25-28 Settembre 2000, pp 365-368;
[7] Marzano F.S. and C. Riva, “Caratterizzazione dell’effetto di nubi su
scintillazioni a lungo termine in banda millimetrica”, Proceedings of
"Quattordicesima Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo, XIV RiNEm",
Ancona, Italy, 16-19 settembre 2002.
TESI E RAPPORTI TECNICI
[1] Riva C., “Caratterizzazione sperimentale dei parametri geometrici di fibre
ottiche mediante una nuova tecnica basata sull'acquisizione e l'elaborazione di
dati da camera CCD”, Tesi di Laurea, Politecnico di Milano, Anno Accademico
1989-1990;

[2] Riva C., “Outage probability due to rain and scintillations”, ESA/ESTEC
Internal Report (to be published);
[3] Riva C., “Riflettometria ottica nel dominio del tempo a singolo fotone:
tecniche di acquisizione e confronto di prestazioni”, Politecnico di Milano,
Rapporto Interno N. 94-016;
[4] Riva C., “Un algoritmo per l'identificazione delle caratteristiche trasmissive
di un canale radio per mezzo di tecniche spettrali”, Politecnico di Milano,
Rapporto Interno N. 94-024;
[5] P.G. Davies, A. Paraboni, C. Riva, O. Fiser, J.P.V. Poiares Baptista,
“Statistical results and modelling related to attenuation measurements”, OPEX
Reference Book on Attenuation Measurement and Prediction, ESA WPP-083,
Noordwijk, November 1994, pp. 18-48;
[6] Vanhoenacker D., G. Brussard, F. Haidara, G. Ortgies, A. Paraboni, T. Pratt,
C. Riva, J. Tervonen, S. Touw, H. Vasseur, “Atmospheric Scintillation”, OPEX
Reference Book on Attenuation Measurement and Prediction, ESA WPP-083,
Noordwijk, November 1994, pp. 49-64;
[7] Riva C., “La propagazione di onde millimetriche in collegamenti spaziali: gli
esperimenti Olympus e Italsat e nuovi modelli interpretativi per i dati raccolti”,
tesi di Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Comunicazioni, VII
Ciclo, 1995;
[8] Riva C. and A. Paraboni, “Test of prediction models”, Final report for the
European Space Agency under ESTEC Purchase Order AOP/WK/332560, 1997;
[9] Paraboni A., C. Riva and I.A. Adimula, “Radiowave propagation in the
tropics for satellite and terrestrial applications”, Progress report of the contract
“Concerted action in telecommunications research”, African
Telecommunications research, 1997;
[10] Paraboni A., C. Capsoni, G. Masini, G. De Angelis, M. Ferrari, A. Moroni,
C. Riva, G. Philippou, Y. Kalatizadeh, L. Mariani, S. Abelli, V. Menichini, G.
Tedesco, R. Salerno, “Study on the use of METEOSAT data for dynamic fade
restoration”, Final report for the European Space Agency under ESTEC
Contract No. 12210/96/NL/SB(SC), 1999.
[11] Paraboni A., M. Schönhuber, E. Kubista, W.L. Randeu, C. Riva, E.
Matricciani, “Characterisation of the GNSS-2 Land Mobile Propagation
Environment - Volume 2 - Tropospheric effects”, Final report to ESTEC
Contract No. 12223/96/NL/JSC, 1999.

[12] Barbaliscia F., C. Riva, A. Martellucci, M. Boumis, A. Paraboni, C.
Capsoni, E. Salonen, K. Hahtokari, J. Tervonen, W. Zhang, “Propagation
modeling at 50/40 GHz”, Final report to Intelsat Contract No. Intel-1998, 1999.
[13] COST Action 255, “Radiowave Propagation Modelling for SatCom
Services at Ku-Band and Above”, Final report, 2002.
[14] Riva C., “Appunti di Campi Elettromagnetici”, Libreria CLUP, ISBN 88-
7090-475-X, 2002.
[15] Riva C., G.G. Gentili, “Appunti di Campi Elettromagnetici”, Terza
edizione, Libreria CLUP, ISBN 88-7090-613-2, 2005.
[16] Gentili G.G., C. Riva, “Appunti di onde elettromagnetiche con esercizi”,
Terza edizione, Libreria CLUP, ISBN 88-7090-838-0, 2006.