Estimating the Spectrum of Electron Density Fluctuations from Simulations of Ionospheric Plasma Clouds.

Abstract

Numerical simulations of ionospheric plasma clouds yield information for four related purposes: To interpret past barium cloud experiments; To predict phenomena in new experiments; To validate algorithms used in system codes which determine the life-time of sky regions occluded by striations following a nuclear explosion; and To predict the temporal evolution of the spectrum of electron-density fluctuations (EDF's) for use in propagation studies. In this memorandum we study the spectrum of simple geometric figures that have shapes similar to those that arise in the evolution of ionospheric plasma clouds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061910

Entities

People

  • Joseph Block
  • Norman J. Zabusky

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Differential Equations
  • Discrete Fourier Transforms
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Intervals
  • Ionosphere
  • Military Research
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Power Spectra
  • Simulations
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics