Wave-Optics Modeling of High Frequency (HF) Propagation through the Structured Ionosphere

Abstract

HF systems used for over-the-horizon-radar (OTHR), communication, signal geolocation, and space-based surveillance must contend with ionospheric structuring, which significantly alters HF propagation and can adversely affect the primary mission of these sensors. Ionospheric structuring results from a wide variety of geophysical mechanisms which manifest as sporadic-E, traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), mid-latitude spread-F, equatorial plasma bubbles, auroral arcs, and polar cap patches

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1202815

Entities

People

  • C. L. Rino
  • Charles S. Carrano

Organizations

  • Boston College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionosphere
  • Ionospheric Disturbances
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Optics
  • Ray Tracing
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space