A radio wave scattering algorithm and irregularity model for scintillation predictions

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 18-1-18-14

  Costa, Emanoel ^a   Basu, Santimay ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amplitude scintillation; Ionospheric irregularity; Phase scintillation; Phase screen; Radio wave scattering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IONOSPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; RADIO WAVES; SATELLITES; SCATTERING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; RADIO WAVE SCATTERING; SATELLITE SIGNALS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0036579222     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001rs002498     Document Type: Article

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