Quasicubic-segmented ionospheric model

Author

Norman, R.J. ; Dyson, P.L. ; Bennett, J.A.

Author_Institution

School of Phys., La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Vic., Australia

Volume

143

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

327

Abstract

A method is presented of fitting quasicubic (QCS) automatically to measured electron-density profiles of the ionosphere. Any number of layers and valleys which occur in the ionosphere may be represented by this model, where the parameters are found by fitting to actual data points. The approach is similar to that adopted for the quasiparabolic segment (QPS) model which has been developed in recent years and applied to a variety of ionospheric-propagation studies. The new model has been developed as an improvement to the QPS model, particularly when power calculations are required. The QCS model, like the QPS model, has analytic solutions for a number of ray quantities in the ionosphere and so can be used to study the same range of propagation phenomena as can be studied using the QPS model

Keywords

electron density; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; ionospheric techniques; radiowave propagation; analytic solutions; ionosphere layers; ionosphere valleys; ionospheric propagation; measured electron-density profiles; power calculations; propagation phenomena; quasicubic-segmented ionospheric model; quasiparabolic segment model; ray quantities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2417

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-map:19960395

Filename

533194