The Frequency Dependence of Tropospheric Scatter Propagation and its Relation to Stratified Turbulence.

Abstract

The experimentally determined wavelength and scattering-angle dependence of tropospheric scatter propagation can be explained by applying the energy spectrum obtained from stratified turbulence theory rather than spectrum from hemogeneous turbulence theory as is usually assumed. This results in the scattering to be proportional to the wavelength and to (sin theta/2) to the minus 5 power, where theta is the scattering angle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787622

Entities

People

  • Merrill I. Skolnik

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffraction
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Frequency
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.