Simulation of Leading Edges of Backscatter Ionograms for Ionospheric Inference,

Abstract

Jones' ray-tracing program and integrated subroutines by Langworthy and Barrett are being used to compute swept-frequency ionograms, for backscatter by ground and field-aligned ionization, in the presence of sharp horizontal boundaries in electron-density distributions. Prominent characteristics, minimum group-path traces, ray-density variations, and off-great-circle deviation along ray paths are presented for various alterations on major features of initial electron distributions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA038532

Entities

People

  • Ming S. Wong

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Backscattering
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Elevation
  • Geographic Regions
  • Ionograms
  • Ionosphere
  • Leading Edges
  • Line Of Sight
  • Longitude
  • Radar
  • Radio Waves
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Microelectronics