DocumentCode
611936
Title
Trans-ionospheric ray tracing by means of a direct approach to Fermat´s principle
Author
Coleman, C.J.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 April 2013
Firstpage
3660
Lastpage
3662
Abstract
Transionospheric ray tracing through a direct approach to Fermat´s principle is described. Because of the large distances involved in a typical application, non uniform discretisation grids are employed in order to reduce computational requirement. The ray tracing is full 3D and includes geomagnetic effects. Applications such occultation and GPS corrections are discussed.
Keywords
Global Positioning System; differential equations; geomagnetism; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; occultations; ray tracing; Fermat´s principle; GPS corrections; geomagnetic effects; nonuniform discretisation grids; occultation; trans-ionospheric ray tracing; Equations; Finite element analysis; Global Positioning System; Ionosphere; Low earth orbit satellites; Ray tracing; Fermats principle; GPS; occultation; trans ionospheric ray tracing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-88-907018-1-8
Type
conf
Filename
6546994
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