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Resolution analysis of tomographic reconstruction of electron density profiles in the Ionosphere
Author(s) -
Na Helen,
Lee Hua
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of imaging systems and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1098-1098
pISSN - 0899-9457
DOI - 10.1002/ima.1850020307
Subject(s) - electron density , ionosphere , tomographic reconstruction , tomography , resolution (logic) , physics , image resolution , electron , doppler effect , optics , perpendicular , computational physics , computer science , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geophysics , astronomy , quantum mechanics
Traditionally, knowledge of the ionospheric electron density is obtained using Faraday rotation or differential Doppler techniques which measure total electron content in columns of the ionosphere. Conventional data processing can only image the electron density in the direction perpendicular to these columns, thereby forming one‐dimensional images. Because this data is proportional to line integrals through the region of interest, tomographic techniques may be used to reconstruct two‐dimensional electron density images. In this paper, the resolution limit of the image reconstruction process is analyzed in terms of limited‐angle tomography.