A Comparative Analysis of Equatorial and Auroral-Zone Phase Scintillation Data

Abstract

A comparison is made between equatorial and auroral-zone phase scintillation. The spectral characteristics of weak-scatter phase scintillation data collected at two equatorial ground stations are contrasted with similar data collected at two auroral-zone ground stations. An automated, multisegmented fitting procedure was used to determine these characteristics. Three types of spectra were found. Despite temporal and spatial differences, the two equatorial data sets have similar spectral characteristics. The auroral-zone sets are also similar. In contrast, the spectral characteristics of the two latitude regions are quite different from each other.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA184509

Entities

People

  • C. L. Rino
  • Teri M. Dabbs

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contracts
  • Data Sets
  • Diffraction
  • Geometry
  • Ground Stations
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionosphere
  • Ionospheric Scintillation
  • L Band
  • Measurement
  • Polynomials
  • Power Spectra
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Waves
  • Scattering
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
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