An evaluation of a new two-dimensional analytic ionospheric ray-tracing technique: Segmented method for analytic ray tracing (SMART)

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 489-499

  Norman, R J ^a,b   Cannon, P S ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE;

GROUP PATHS; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; PHASE PATHS; POWER-LOSSES; RAY EQUATIONS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYTIC;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 0008448024     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01788     Document Type: Article

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