Assessment of the application of in-situ ion-density data from DMSP (Defense Meteorology Satellite Program) to modeling of transionospheric scintillation. Technical report, 15 September 1987-14 September 1988
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6144801
Modern military communication, navigation, and surveillance systems depend on reliable, noise-free transionospheric radio frequency channels. They can be severely impacted by small-scale electron density irregularities in the ionosphere which cause both phase and amplitude scintillation. Basic tools used in planning and mitigation schemes are climatological in nature and thus may greatly over- and under -estimate the effects of scintillation in a given scenario. This report describes the second year of an investigation into the feasibility of using in-situ observations of the ionosphere from the USAF DMSP satellite to calculate estimates of irregularity parameters which could be used to update scintillation models in near real-time. Methods for processing DMSP Scintillation Meter (SM) data and for calculating estimates of C/sub K/ L from the SM data are described. Results of the analysis of DMSP SM data from a coordinated data-collection campaign run in January 1988 are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc., Bellevue, WA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6144801
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-202415/6/XAB; NWRA-CR-88-R031
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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