Depolarization of meter-wavelength radio signals in the equatorial ionosphere
Abstract
An expression for the rotation-angle dispersion of the signal polarization plane during transionospheric propagation is obtained in the smooth-perturbation approximation. A stepwise model of the ionospheric irregularity spectrum is used to explain strong fluctuations of the rotation angles of geostationary-satellite signals at 136 MHz observed near humps of the equatorial anomaly.
- Publication:
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Pub Date:
- August 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987Ge&Ae..27..682R
- Keywords:
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- Depolarization;
- Equatorial Atmosphere;
- Ionospheric Disturbances;
- Ionospheric Propagation;
- Radio Signals;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Signal Distortion;
- Synchronous Satellites