• DocumentCode
    1034788
  • Title

    Measured ionospheric distortion of HF ground-backscatter spectra

  • Author

    Jones, R. Michael ; Georges, T.M. ; Riley, J.P.

  • Author_Institution
    NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    4/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    563
  • Lastpage
    568
  • Abstract
    Skywave-radar measurements of backscatter from land are used to estimate some statistical properties of the ionospheric distortion encountered by sea-state radars. We confirm that samples of the path spectrum P(\\omega ) are normally distributed and uncorrelated in frequency, and we estimate the first two moments of P(\\omega ) and their spatial and temporal correlation, for quiet F-layer daytime propagation. An empirical relation connects the equivalent width of P(\\omega ) and expected errors in estimating ocean wave height.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic atmospheric interference; Electromagnetic interference, atmospheric; Ionosphere; Radar scattering; Radar terrain factors; Distortion measurement; Frequency; Hafnium; Optical reflection; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1986.1143842
  • Filename
    1143842
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1034788