Ionospheric electron content effects on earth-space radio propagation - A review
Abstract
When traversing the ionosphere, radio waves undergo various types of signal degradation owing to the nonhomogeneous characteristics of the medium. Propagational effects reviewed here include group time delay, angular bending, phase and Doppler frequency shift, rotation of the plane of polarization, and dispersion resulting from the presence of ionization along earth-space transmission paths. The phenomena are described and analyzed in terms of frequencies in the VHF range and above. The various methods for the measurement of the ionospheric ionization are briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Scientific and Engineering Uses of Satellite Radio Beacons
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981seus.proc..323M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Ionospheric Propagation;
- Atmospheric Refraction;
- Phase Deviation;
- Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Range Errors;
- Time Lag;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking