• DocumentCode
    734799
  • Title

    Spatial correlation of vertical gradient of refractivity on large scales

  • Author

    Grabner, Martin ; Pechac, Pavel ; Valtr, Pavel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Freq. Eng., Czech Metrol. Inst., Prague, Czech Republic
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    13-17 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Spatial distribution maps of the vertical gradient of atmospheric refractivity are derived from a global dataset of meteorological quantities as given by ERA-Interim reanalysis. Spatial correlation of the gradient on large scales is analyzed using data from the European region. The examples of time evolution of the gradient fields are presented and spatial correlation characteristics obtained are discussed.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave refraction; ERA-Interim reanalysis; atmospheric refractivity; large scale refractivity; spatial correlation; spatial distribution map; vertical gradient; Atmospheric modeling; Correlation; Distribution functions; Europe; Graphical models; Refractive index; atmospheric refractivity; refractivity gradient; spatial correlation; tropospheric propagation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7228624