The Effect of Artificial Ionospheric Heating on Partial Reflections.

Abstract

The work describes several theories that make use of a radio wave partially reflected from the D-region of the earth's ionosphere. Firstly, a new form of pulsed wave interaction experiment is proposed, which uses a probing wave that is partially reflected within a region heated by an independent ground-based high-power RF source. Secondly, the effects of self-heating on the usual partial reflection experiment are examined. Lastly, an analytical electron density synthesis technique is presented for the partial reflection experiment. This reduction method is based on 'volume' reflection theory and makes use of only ordinary mode data. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0781954

Entities

People

  • William A. Kissick

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Charged Particles
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Ground Based
  • Ionosphere
  • Leptons
  • Radio Waves
  • Reflection
  • Subatomic Particles

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics