Space Weather Effects on RF Propagation

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking University of Algarve as follows: The Grantee will 1) apply Maxwell's equations with vector radiation processing to determine how virtual antennas can be developed using the Huygens principle; 2) study the propagation medium to determine which physical parameters are important for radiation parameters of the spatial distributions of radiating sources and to establish the relationships among them. The aspects of the propagation medium that are to be studied depends on the GPS propagation error estimation and correction, after optimization of the model parameters; 3) simulate point to point links using the new procedures developed as a result of tasks 1 and 2 above; and 4) use classical point to point propagation links models to verify the newly developed propagation models of the virtual antennas procedure to provide a reference for, and to quantify the accuracy of, the newly developed models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2006
Accession Number
ADA449790

Entities

People

  • Antonio M. Casimiro

Organizations

  • University of Algarve

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Boundaries
  • Contracts
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Space Weather
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Universities

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space