Analysis of the Crichlow Graphical Model of Atmospheric Radio Noise at Very Low Frequencies.

Abstract

The Crichlow graphical model for the amplitude probability distribution (APD) of atmospheric radio noise (ARN) is analyzed. The model consists of two straight lines and a circular arc on Rayleigh paper. Formulas are obtained for the probability density function of the noise envelope in terms of the geometric descriptors of the APD. The Newton-Raphson method is applied to the density to solve for the geometric descriptors in terms of the statistical moments represented by the V sub d and L sub d ratios. The performance of the binary and M-ary coherent phase shift keyed communication system is predicted based upon the density of the graphical model and the less precise lognormal model.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA008679

Entities

People

  • Kenneth E. Wilson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Communication Systems
  • Frequency
  • Mathematics
  • Noise
  • Noise (Radio)
  • Phase Shift
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Very Low Frequency

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Statistical inference.