Physical and model interpretation of HF radio propagation on the St. Petersburg-Longyearbyen (Svalbard) path

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1974-1985

  Blagoveshchensky, D V ^a   Andreyev, M Yu ^b   Mingalev, V S ^b   Mingaleva, G I ^b   Kalishin, A S ^c  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY OF AEROSPACE INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionospheric model; Radio propagation; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES;

HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE; MAIN IONOSPHERIC TROUGH; MAXIMUM OBSERVED FREQUENCIES; MODEL INTERPRETATIONS; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; TRANSMISSION FREQUENCIES;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 67349176615     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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