An Ambient HE Radio Mode Model.

Abstract

An approximate method for calculation of high frequency skywave radio propagation geometry is developed. The method is inexpensive in comparison to ray trace techniques yet capable of accounting for instantaneous local ionospheric conditions including tilt and off-great-circle propagation. It is thus appropriate for use in assessment of system response to nuclear effects on HF propagation, including alterations of mode geometry. Errors inherent in the approximations are shown to be small compared to errors caused by inaccuracies in ambient or disturbed ionospheric models. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA052576

Entities

People

  • D. H. Sowle

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Contractors
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Ionosphere
  • Ionospheric Models
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plane Geometry
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.