Investigation of Auroral Ionospheric and Propagation Phenomena Related to the Polar Fox II Experiment

Abstract

Auroral phenomena can have pronounced effects upon HF radiowave propagation traversing polar regions. To further understand the implications and predict the resulting effects, a continuation of the investigation of auroral phenomena and their impact upon Polar Fox II measurements is presented. In the report, special emphasis has been placed on a study of the fine structure and motions of spread F as related to spectral spreading; the main ionospheric trough and magnetic activity; analysis of radar auroral absorption and Auroral sporadic E as they relate to propagation coverage predictions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749515

Entities

People

  • John R. Herman
  • Richard Vargas-vila

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Databases
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Graphs
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionization
  • Ionosphere
  • Latitude
  • Polar Regions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radio Transmission
  • Regions
  • Scattering

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  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.