DocumentCode
1043243
Title
An ionospheric ray-tracing technique and its application to a problem in a long-distance radio propagation
Author
Muldrew, D.B.
Author_Institution
Defense Research Telecommunications Establisment, Ottawa, Canada
Volume
7
Issue
4
fYear
1959
fDate
10/1/1959 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
393
Lastpage
396
Abstract
A method is given for the determination of the equation of a ray path in a known ionosphere where there axe no horizontal gradients. It can partially take into account the effects of the magnetic field of the earth. The method was applied to an oblique path between Ottawa and Slough (5300 km) to determine certain properties of the one-hop mode. From this it is shown that at times one hop direct ray propagation is possible over this path.
Keywords
Ionospheric propagation; Differential equations; Earth; Electrons; Frequency; Ionosphere; Plasma density; Radio propagation; Ray tracing; Surface fitting; Telecommunications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1973
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1959.1144705
Filename
1144705
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