Computer Codes for Use in Display of Predicted Scintillation Characteristics and Total Electron Content,
Abstract
The Global personality of radiowave characteristics such as amplitude scintillation S4 and group path delay may be graphically displayed through use of a plotting code in conjunction with existing scintillation and electron density models. The Fremouw-Rino-Pope model is used for deducing average scintillation attributes and the Ching-Chiu Model is used for deducing average electron density. The former model is used directly and the latter model is integrated to obtain the total electron content of the ionosphere. Since the total electron content (TEC) is proportional to the group path delay, plots of TEC are provided in the manuscript instead of the delay characteristic. Examples of both S4 and TEC are given for various environmental, diurnal, and seasonal conditions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA033465
Entities
People
- Chauncey Myers
- John M. Goodman
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory