CONTENTS

Recommendation ITU-R P.372-17
Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
PART 1
General
        1.1     Sources of radio noise
        1.2     Terms for the specification of noise intensity and their interrelationship
                  1.2.1     Noise factor
                  1.2.2     r.m.s noise field strength
                  1.2.3     Noise temperature
                  1.2.4     Noise variability
PART 2
Noise levels as a function of frequency
PART 3
Noise from atmospheric gases and the Earth’s surface
        3.1     Radio noise due to the Earth’s atmosphere for earth stations
                  3.1.1     Instantaneous brightness temperature prediction method
                  3.1.2     Statistical brightness temperature prediction method
        3.2     Radio noise due to the Earth’s atmosphere and the Earth’s surface for space stations
PART 4
Brightness temperature due to extra-terrestrial sources
        4.1     Brightness temperature due to extra-terrestrial sources
PART 5
Atmospheric noise due to lightning
        5.1     Atmospheric noise due to lightning
PART 6
Man-made noise
        6.1     Outdoor man-made noise
                  6.1.1     Additive white Gaussian noise
        6.2     Indoor man-made noise
                  6.2.1     Additive white Gaussian noise
PART 7
The combination of noises from several sources
        7.1     The combination of noises from several sources