250 MHz/GHz Scintillation Parameters in the Equatorial, Polar, and Auroral Environments

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 102-115

  Basu, Santimay ^a   Mackenzie, Eileen Martin ^b   Basu, Sunanda ^b   Costa, Emanoel ^c   Fougere, Paul F ^a   Carlson, Herbert C ^a   Whitney, Herbert E ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE - F REGION; METEOROLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, SATELLITE;

IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION EFFECTS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0023287813     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.1987.1146533     Document Type: Article

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