Volume scattering by tropospheric turbulence at midlatitudes: Frequency validity range

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 821-831

  Ravard, O ^a   Chevrier, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOSONDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TROPOSPHERE; ANTENNA RADIATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIO LINKS; TURBULENCE;

FREQUENCY VALIDITY RANGE; KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; KOLMOGOROV THEORY; MIDLATITUDES; VOLUME SCATTERING THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALTITUDE VARIATION; BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELING; RADIOSONDE DATAS; REFRACTIVE-INDEX STRUCTURE CONSTANT; TURBULENCE STRENGTH; VOLUME SCATTERING;

EID: 0030189682     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00434     Document Type: Article

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