Use of raytracing in models to investigate ionospheric channel performance

The main parameters that characterize an ionospheric channel, frequency, elevation angle, group path, ground range, and apogee have been obtained by means of 2D raytracing program called abcray03. The analysis has considered different hourly ionospheric conditions for four quiet days (25–28 March 20...

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Autores: Miró Amarante, Gloria, Radicella, Sandro María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/104283
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/104283
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.028
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ray tracing
Ionosphere
Electron density profiles
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Sumario:The main parameters that characterize an ionospheric channel, frequency, elevation angle, group path, ground range, and apogee have been obtained by means of 2D raytracing program called abcray03. The analysis has considered different hourly ionospheric conditions for four quiet days (25–28 March 2000) and five geographic locations distributed in the two hemispheres. Electron density profiles define the selected ionospheric conditions. Raytracing is run considering experimental electron density profiles from manually scaled measurements obtained with ionosondes. The resulting radio propagation parameters are compared with those obtained using the IRI and NeQuick models driven by measured F2 peak values.