Performance Statistics Bulletin High Latitude Meteor Scatter Propagation February, March, April 1989
Abstract
A representative sampling of meteor scatter performance statistics is presented from the PL/GP High Latitude Meteor Scatter Test Bed (HLMSTB). The data address questions of meteor scatter propagation under disturbed ionospheric conditions, as well as normal meteor scatter propagation in the polar region. The time and frequency variations of the propagation transfer function are characterized over the 35 to 147 MHz range, i.e. the availability of useful meteor trails, the potential communication capacity associated with those trails, the occurrence and persistence of ionospheric scatter and sporadic E- layers, variations in the signal-to-noise ratios of each scatter return and the effects of auroral and polar cap absorption (PCA) events on meteor scatter propagation and communications. Statistics presented include: Arrival rate, Duration Duty Cycle and noise temperature as functions of Day, Time of Day, Signal Threshold and SNR Threshold. This bulletin is the first of a periodic series.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA253916
Entities
People
- A. D. Bailey
- J. C. Ostergaard
- J. D. Weitzen
- P. M. Bench
Organizations
- Phillips Laboratory