Semiempirical modeling of the nocturnal boundary layer Application to the calculation of the refractive index profile
Abstract
A method for calculating the evolution of the refractive index profile at night is proposed with the purpose of predicting when and how multipath propagation will occur. Data obtained during the PACEM 1 campaign in the summer of 1982 are used in the calculations. The proposed semiempirical model of the nocturnal boundary layer is found to require is less-computing time.
- Publication:
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Annales des Telecommunications
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985AnTel..40..672K
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Atmospheric Boundary Layer;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Multipath Transmission;
- Nocturnal Variations;
- Radio Wave Refraction;
- Semiempirical Equations;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Humidity;
- Refractivity;
- Temperature Inversions;
- Troposphere;
- Communications and Radar