Which mechanism causes signal attenuation when electromagnetic waves propagate through humid air?

💡 Explanation

When EM waves propagate through humid air, molecular absorption occurs because water molecules have rotational and vibrational modes that resonate with specific frequencies in the EM spectrum, converting wave energy into molecular kinetic energy, causing attenuation. Therefore molecular absorption results rather than dispersive or diffractive effects, which depend on different physical interactions.

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