Scattering function of the fluctuating ionosphere in the HF band

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1019-1033

  Gherm, Vadim E ^a   Zernov, Nikolay N ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMPLEX PHASE METHOD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SCATTERED FIELD; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS;

COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

IONOSPHERIC FLUCTUATING RADIO CHANNELS; IONOSPHERIC SCATTERING FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032117937     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00314     Document Type: Article

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