Atmospheric scintillation at 94 GHz
Abstract
An experimental 94 GHz transmitter and receiver were developed for measuring amplitude fluctuations due to clear-air turbulence. Atmospheric scintillation theory is discussed, and experimental conditions are described. Atmospheric fluctuations could not be observed above the transmitter/receiver noise, thus establishing an estimated upper bound that was about a factor of ten lower than fluctuations predicted from optical theory.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8417452A
- Keywords:
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- Amplitudes;
- Clear Air Turbulence;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Radar Receivers;
- Radar Tracking;
- Radar Transmitters;
- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Measuring Instruments;
- Radar Measurement;
- Refractivity;
- Scintillation;
- Wave Propagation;
- Communications and Radar