Total Electron Content and Scintillation Studies of the Ionosphere.

Abstract

;Contents: Importance of the total electron content parameter; Total electron content from the Faraday effect; Existing total electron content models; Available total electron content and slab thickness data from S-66 satellites; A numerical model of total electron content over Europe for sunspot minimum conditons; A comparison of total electron content obtained from Thomson scatter and from the Faraday effect; Data from the three world ionospheric regions; Low elevation angle measurements of the total electron content taken from Thule, Greenland; A descriptive model of F layer high latitude irregularities; A graphical description of scintillation occurrence patterns; A high latitude statistical model of scintillations using the cumulative amplitude probability distribution function; Cumulative amplitude probability distribution functions for three observatories.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0758974

Entities

People

  • John A. Klobuchar

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electrons
  • Elevation
  • Faraday Effect
  • Grids
  • High Latitudes
  • Latitude
  • Low Elevation
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Scintillation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster