Notes on the Relationship of Scintillation Index to Probability Distributions and Their Uses for System Design

Abstract

The characterization of ionospheric scintillations in terms of scintillation index is discussed. Scintillation index cannot be directly applied to the design of systems that use transionospheric propagation. The relationships of scintillation index to system design parameters, cumulative amplitude distributions, and fade levels, are shown. The determination of a spectral index is explained and its use for extrapolating the results of ionospheric scintillation measurements to a desired frequency is shown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 1974
Accession Number
AD0778092

Entities

People

  • Herbert E. Whitney

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Conversion
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equatorial Regions
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Ionospheric Scintillation
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Satellite Communications
  • Scintillation
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design