A simple method of estimating the ionospheric parameters foF2 and M (3000) with the aid of a home computer
Abstract
A self-contained method for estimating the critical frequency and the height of the ionospheric reflecting layer was implemented in the computer program FTZMUF2, writen in BASIC. Including the accompanying table FTZMUF2.DAT the program only requires 8.7 kByte of memory and is therefore particularly suitable for use on small computers. The accuracy of the method was tested against the CCIR-Atlas (Report 340) for MUF(3000). An average difference of less than 0.1 MHz and a standard deviation of 2.3 MHz are obtained. A diskette (5 1/4 in., 360k, MS-DOS) with the source code, the data file, and the compiled programs is available from the authors upon request.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988smei.rept.....D
- Keywords:
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- Earth Ionosphere;
- Ionospheric Propagation;
- Maximum Usable Frequency;
- Computer Programs;
- Personal Computers;
- Geophysics