Radio wave refraction caused by artificial disturbances of the ionosphere - A numerical experiment
Abstract
The method of trajectory calculations is used to study short-wave propagation in the ionosphere, in the presence of large-scale inhomogeneities, due to plasma heating by means of high-power transmissions. It is shown that the refraction caused by the artificial disturbances can result in variations of the radio path distances, the occurrence of ricochet trajectories, and the focusing and defocusing of the radiation.
- Publication:
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Radiofizika
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981RaF....24..420I
- Keywords:
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- Ionospheric Disturbances;
- Ionospheric Propagation;
- Mathematical Models;
- Radio Wave Refraction;
- Short Wave Radio Transmission;
- Ionospheric Heating;
- Space Plasmas;
- Trajectory Analysis;
- Geophysics