Propagation model for signal fluctuations on transionospheric radio links

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1221-1232

  Gherm, Vadim E ^a   Zernov, Nikolay N ^a   Radicella, Sandro M ^b   Strangeways, Hal J ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO LINKS; SCINTILLATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM ERRORS;

ANISOTROPIC SPATIAL SPECTRUM; EARTH SATELLITE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM PATH; TRANSIONOSPHERIC RADIO LINKS;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RADIO LINKS;

COMPLEX PHASE METHOD; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITIES; IONOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; PROPAGATION MODELING; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

EID: 0034267926     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002301     Document Type: Article

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