The rapid fading of radio waves reflected from sporadic-E ionization

I. Astin; L. Thomas

doi:10.1016/0021-9169(91)90024-2

The rapid fading of radio waves reflected from sporadic-E ionization

I. Astin, L. Thomas

Aberystwyth University

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Abstract

A digital ionosonde has been used at Halley (75°31′S, 26°59′W) to examine the fading on time scales of a few seconds of 4.5 MHz signals reflected from sporadic-E ionization. Fourier analysis of the phase and amplitude of the signals is used to show that the fading arises from the interference of returns from discrete echoes. The locations of these echoes are derived from phase measurements at pairs of antennae separated in North-South and East-West directions together with information on group ranges.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-104
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
Volume	53
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(91)90024-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1991

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Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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