Platteville Heating Results: HF Radar Observations.

Abstract

Measurements were made during the Platteville ionospheric heating experiments. The measurements, made at the Wide Aperture Research Facility (WARF) were of the HF-induced backscatter over Colorado. The standard Fiedld-Aligned Scatter (FAS) was seen from about 16 to 30 MHz, and an absolute cross section of 10 million square meters was observed. Possible enhancements of direct scatter and round-the-world propagation through the heated region were noted. Attempts to measure elevated mode propagation from Australia to the heated region will be made in the near future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA068163

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Showen
  • Walter B. Zavoli

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • Continuous Waves
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Recording Systems
  • Research Facilities
  • Scattering
  • Slant Range
  • Transmitters
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.