Title :
An approximate height formula for tropospheric ray tracing
Author_Institution :
U.S. Department of Commerce, Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
11/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple approximate formula for the height above the earth\´S surface of a radio ray propagating through a spherically stratified smoothly varying atmosphere is derived. For the purpose of illustration an exponential model atmosphere is numerically evaluated, and examples show the significant improvement that resuits compared with the usual "effective earth\´s radius" approximations, especially for large surface gradients. Key words in this communication are ray tracing, troposphere, and approximate height.
Keywords :
Tropospheric radio propagation; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Bean model; Differential equations; Earth; Electrooptic effects; Geometry; Ray tracing; Scattering; Taylor series;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1971.1140049
