TY - JOUR

T1 - Statistical characteristics of the short-wave field determined by vertical sounding of the lonosphere

AU - Germ, V. E.

AU - Zaalov, N. Yu

AU - Zernov, N. N.

PY - 1991/12/1

Y1 - 1991/12/1

N2 - The spectra of the fluctuations of the phase and average intensity of the short-wave signal observed in vertical sounding of the ionosphere, where the electron density fluctuates with a power-law spatial spectrum, are calculated by the method of smooth perturbations. By comparing the theoretical relations obtained with the experimental results it is shown that the experimental and theoretical results agree qualitatively with one another. It is shown that only simultaneous measurements of the amplitude and phase of the sounding field make it possible to give a correct interpretation of the experimental results. A method for determining the drift velocity of ionospheric nonuniformities from the experimental data is proposed.

AB - The spectra of the fluctuations of the phase and average intensity of the short-wave signal observed in vertical sounding of the ionosphere, where the electron density fluctuates with a power-law spatial spectrum, are calculated by the method of smooth perturbations. By comparing the theoretical relations obtained with the experimental results it is shown that the experimental and theoretical results agree qualitatively with one another. It is shown that only simultaneous measurements of the amplitude and phase of the sounding field make it possible to give a correct interpretation of the experimental results. A method for determining the drift velocity of ionospheric nonuniformities from the experimental data is proposed.

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M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0026373920

VL - 36

SP - 28

EP - 34

JO - Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics

JF - Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics

SN - 1064-2269

IS - 11

ER -