DocumentCode
903559
Title
Radio wave reflections from large horizontal gradients in the topside ionosphere
Author
Clark, W.L., Jr. ; McAfee, J.R. ; Norton, R.B. ; Warnock, J.M.
Author_Institution
Aeronomy Laboratory, ESSA Research Laboratories, Boulder, Colo.
Volume
57
Issue
4
fYear
1969
fDate
4/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
493
Lastpage
496
Abstract
Radio wave echoes due to total reflection from the edge of large-scale depressions of electron density are observed by topside sounding satellites. The resulting traces on swept-frequency ionograms have a minimum frequency which is the nose of a loop-shaped trace. The nose frequency and the shape of the traces depend upon the distribution of electron density in the depression and the location of the sounder relative to the sides of the depression.
Keywords
Acoustic propagation; Acoustic reflection; Delay effects; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Frequency; Ionosphere; Laboratories; Nose;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1969.7004
Filename
1448934
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