Study of EM Signals Propagation Through Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Static Pressure Measurements in Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer During CBLAST

Abstract

Radio tracking, communications and guidance at sea rely on interpreting of radar signals. This has motivated extensive studies of the physical factors governing the pattern of signal propagation over the ocean. Although over the last several decades the models of electromagnetic propagation have been substantially advanced (Kukushkin (2004); Levy (2000)), measurements and modeling results still show differences that can distort signal interpretation. In particular, signal intensity at the receiver is often over-predicted by models (Barrios and Patterson (2002)), which suggests that mechanisms of signal energy loss are still incompletely understood and/or are not correctly built into the propagation models. The long-term goal of this work is to identify the source of discrepancies between observations and propagation model predictions and update the models so that the discrepancies are reduced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA572483

Entities

People

  • Tihomir Hristov

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Science
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Intensity
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Probability
  • Radar Signals
  • Random Variables
  • Scattering
  • Static Pressure
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.